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Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Life insurance loyalty waning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
More than 240,000 life insurance policyholders switched provider in the 12 months to June 2018, while a further 766,000 considered switching. According to the latest figures from Roy Morgan, more than one million risk and life insurance policies had ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Mason Stevens renews custodian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The managed accounts provider has extended the relationship with its custodian as it continues to build its business. NAB Asset Servicing will handle Mason Stevens's custody needs for the next five years. The eight-year-old managed accounts provider ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Australia's biggest bank is set to deliver the world's first blockchain bond, in partnership with the World Bank. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will deliver the first bond in the world to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology. ...

AMP wealth arm leaked $873 million in first half

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
AMP's wealth management arm, which includes its superannuation and platform products, saw net outflows of $873 million in the first half of 2018. By comparison, it had recorded net inflows of more than $1 billion in first half of last year. AMP's North ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Financial institutions outside the big four banks and AMP have been integrated into ASIC's fees for no service remediation programs, with total provisions likely to exceed $850 million. Updating the financial services industry and consumers on its oversight ...

ASIC staff to investigate institutions from the inside

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... enforcement powers via funding from the Federal Government, a sizeable chunk of which will be used to embed staff within the big four banks and AMP. The Federal Government announced it is injecting a further $70.1 million into ASIC to ensure it is well ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
If all goes according to expectations, today's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board meeting will mark one-month and two years (25 months) that the country's cash rate had been stuck at a record low 1.50%, and the longest stretch of unchanged ...

Productivity Commission proposes more changes to financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... Morrison told a media event there is a "much bigger opportunity" for competition to open up in superannuation. "I think there are big opportunities here in Australia for that to happen. It is puzzling why it doesn't but, to be frank, that's another ...