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Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... other institutions were scrutinised by the Commissioner and his supporting counsel. Macquarie will now appear alongside the big banks, AMP and the major industry regulators in the final round of the inquiry to discuss the causes of misconduct within ...

Industry fund appoints former Labor politician

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... members." Outgoing chair Emslie leaves after eight years as HESTA's chair and 20 years as a director. "Angela is such a big part of the unique Board culture at HESTA that's so strongly imbued with the values of the health and community sector ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
The chief executive at one of Australia's biggest wealth managers said he is troubled by adequacy issues in Australia's $2.7 trillion superannuation system, suggesting it be overhauled. Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh told an industry breakfast ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Portfolio managers of L1 Capital's billion-dollar listed investment company have addressed its underperformance after it delivered -6.3% for the quarter. The long/short listed investment company listed in April after raising $1.3 billion in the ...

Real return funds underperforming

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
In the last three years, real return funds have delivered two percentage points less than some traditional multi-asset funds as real return managers winded down their equities exposures. Latest Zenith research found real return funds cut their Aussie ...

Fintechs in the money, gain confidence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The fintech sector is bullish it can grab market share from big banks and incumbents with the advent of open banking and as the fallout from the Royal Commission plays out, EY's latest fintech census shows. With one-in-five fintechs now turning a profit ...

What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of the big four accounting and professional services firms is seizing the financial services Royal Commission as an opportunity to better understand how trust works in Australian banks. Launching its first trust index for Australia's banking ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... as they will retain liquidity even if they go down in value. The practice has lower exposures to US equities and says it is big on low-cost ETFs to spread exposures. Taking a turn from adviser land and into the super fund territories, some funds have ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... September - suggests continued strength coming from the US consumer in the coming months. This indication is supported by big contribution from inventories in the third quarter - 2.07 percentage points - as US businesses rebuild their stocks in anticipation ...

Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... internally in financial services organisations is much greater than people understand. Blockchain applications have been driven by big corporations' need to deal with large amounts of reconciliation and messaging with external entities. "But within ...