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Australian Ethical names new COO following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... 2017 financial year, pushing funds to $2.15 billion under management. Given the significant increase in members and 42% spike in net flows, Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon was positive about the outlook for FY18. At the time of writing ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... to their accounts for a short period of time today" - tracking it at approximately 20 minutes - "due to an unprecedented spike in login volume." Wealthfront also clarified that the brief outage "had no impact on trading." The platform's co-founder, Andy ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... continue and start a downward sloping trend on Wall Street. Since Wall Street's tumble, crushing and sell off was blamed on the spike in bond yields, the first step to unravelling this puzzle my dear Watson is to gauge where bond yields are headed and ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
"QQE with Yield Control" is here to stay as long as it's necessary to "achieve the price stability target of 2 percent" and "stays above target in a stable manner". The Bank of Japan (BOJ) couldn't be clearer on its forward guidance following the conclusion ...

Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Association and our members are excited to be among the founding members for Global InsurTech Alliance. Asia has seen a spike of insurtech activity in the past two years with major regional innovation hubs taking shape in both China and Singapore. "We ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... along with another 2071 small APRA funds with four or less members. MySuper, which was introduced in 2013, has led to a spike in consolidation as a number of funds exited the industry due to a lack of scale. Net contribution flows also declined as a ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Former StatePlus MD joins Australian Ethical

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... the 2017 financial year, pushing fund to $2.15 billion under management. Given the significant increase in members and 42% spike in net flows, Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon was positive about the outlook for FY18. "This growth demonstrates ...

Australian Ethical sees 34pct member surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... ensure that we have a strong basis for growth," Australian Ethical said. Given the significant increase in members and 42% spike in net flows, though, Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon was positive about the outlook for FY18, arguing ...