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US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... stress testing for investment managers. The stress testing call came as part of several recommendations in US Treasury's third report on the Trump administration's Core Principals for Financial Regulation. US Treasury's belief is that a strong liquidity ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... accelerated to 2.3% in the year to the June quarter. This is the fastest growth rate since the March 2011 quarter and marks the third straight quarter of strengthening growth. The IHS/Markit Eurozone PMI surveys suggest that growth would be equally strong ...

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... investors are securing finance through a mortgage broker, with 83% of investors intending to do so in the next 12 months. The third annual national Property Investor Sentiment Survey from Property Investment Professionals of Australia shows 73% of investors ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... in support of the proposed legislative changes mandating superannuation boards to comprise an independent chair and one-third independent directors. Between 2014 and 2016, the percentage of independent directors increased marginally in not-for-profit ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... breaches, a public inquiry has found. Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone told the Standing Committee on Economics' third hearing into the Review of the Four Major banks that based on the facts at the time, "we made the right determination." ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... in the first and fourth quartiles in any period, while consistent managers are more likely to be found in the second and third quartiles." His note summarises a presentation that was recently made to The Institute of Quantitative Research in Finance ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... strength of Australia's pension system has slipped when benchmarked against 29 global counterparts. Still ranked as the third best pension system worldwide, Mercer senior partner David Knox said the slight slip was hardly doom and gloom for Australia. ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... period. These are captured by China's national accounts which showed that GDP growth slowed to an annual rate of 6.8% in the third quarter from 6.9% in the second and 6.9% in the first. A slowdown in economic growth, it may be but it remains above the ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... thinking of reviewing clients' asset allocation due to mounting geopolitical risks and overvalued US equity markets. About a third (31%) is uncertain about market valuations over the next six to 12 months, and about the same number of advisers (29%) ...

Chinese wealth firm takes stake in investment platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... wealth management firm has invested $1.4 million in an Australian wholesale investment platform, making it the platform's third-largest shareholder. BMY Group now sits behind Invesco and founder Steve Torso as the leading shareholders in Wholesale Investor. ...