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VicSuper launches digital advice free from super speak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Members of VicSuper now have free access to round-the-clock financial advice via an online coach, providing guidance on superannuation and retirement. Designed to improve member engagement, the Beeline service offers members direction around additional ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
A global investment manager representing about $900 billion in assets under management has been granted a private fund management license by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC). The AMAC license will allow UBS Asset Management to offer ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
If it's any indication, China's latest international trade accounts underline the current missive of strengthening global growth and with it, global trade. China's trade surplus improved to US$42.77 billion in the month of June from US$40.79 billion ...

Tech providers fall behind increased planner needs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
More than 70% of financial planners are open to transition from their primary platform, saying technology providers are failing to adequately fulfill growing needs. Insights from the Investment Trends Planner Technology Report show 75% of financial ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
BlackRock is expanding its digital and distribution strategies with two executive appointments. Katie Petering is the new head of asset manager sales for BlackRock's exchange-traded funds business iShares. She will report to head of iShares Australia ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Janet's in the house. US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's much-awaited testimony did not differ greatly from what was already divulged in the FOMC statement released on 14 June - when the Fed raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1%-1.25%. In her ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Agriculture Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors as the total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Global life insurer MetLife will cease to write individual insurance policies in the United States, having established a new firm to house its domestic retail life and annuity insurance divisions. MetLife received final regulatory approval from the ...

Advisers backing fractional property investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
A financial adviser dealer group has embraced the fractional investment opportunities presented by DomaCom after clients successfully purchased two properties in Victoria and Queensland via HUB24. A crowdfunding campaign by GPS Wealth clients saw DomaCom ...