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Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with ...

ANZ private wealth sees digital growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
ANZ's private wealth division has recorded profit growth of 15% for the 2015 financial year on the back of a continued approach to "customer focused investment solutions." Releasing its 2015 full year results today, ANZ said funds under management (FUM) ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
CBA has been accused of severely mishandling its Open Advice Review program by a former employee. Former Open Advice Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public ...

Global strategy drives BTIM results

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
BT Investment Management reported a record result for the year to 30 September 2015, with the manager's US equity funds attracting strong inflows. BTIM confirmed a cash net profit after tax (NPAT) of $132.5 million for the year, and a statutory NPAT ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
"and I swear (I swear) by the moon and the stars..." Whoops, sorry folks, I got carried away with "All 4 One's" tune. What I meant to type is, I swear this has happened once before. You know, the time when Wall Street "rejoiced" at the more likely than ...

NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) has sold 80% of its MLC life insurance business to Japanese insurer Nippon Life for $2.4 billion. NAB will retain ownership of its superannuation, platforms, advice and asset management businesses. It will also retain the ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
With data like these, there's just no way Josie, er... Janet. If Janet were true to her word that the Fed's policy actions are data dependent, then the latest data servings from USA Inc. have locked in the status quo for at least until 2015 turns into ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Ho ho ho and ha ha ha. The truth is out. Wall Street dipped overnight and so did the Euro Stoxx 50 - after their strong gains of the past week because, wait for it......because investors suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

AMP wealth earnings down post-Genesys closure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
AMP's wealth management arm has seen a 49% dip in net cashflow in the third quarter to September 2015 (compared to the previous corresponding period). In its quarterly update, AMP explained this was largely due to the closure of Genesys Wealth Advisers ...