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Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Just in time for tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monthly board meeting, ME Bank published the results of the 14th survey of its "Household Financial Comfort Report", taken last June. "The ME Household Financial Comfort Report provides ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... But even then most of the fund's exposure was concentrated in financials stocks outside of Australia, with CYBG being a big holding," he said. His current long holdings in Australian financials include Link Group and Janus Henderson. "Link Group ...

Diversity underscores wealth manager success

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... capital controlled by fiduciaries like fund managers, pension funds and asset owners is "now so overwhelming" that it's "too big to ignore." This amount of wealth managed and deployed by a few people comes with "real responsibility," he added. Brandweiner ...

Poor tech derails financial services marketing: Study

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... another survey finding: 48% of respondents don't have enough time and resources to fulfil all their business objectives, a big jump from only 19% two years ago. The study found that today's marketers are managing more marketing channels but with ...

KPMG acquires customer experience fintech

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... with AMP as one of its key projects. KPMG acquired U Don't Know Us (UDKU), a customer experience innovator set to expand the big four consulting firm's customer, brand and marketing advisory (CBMA) offering. UDKU which aims to help clients "embrace the ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... would run until September this year before being tapered to €15 billion thereafter, until the end of 2018. And for that big question mark on the first rate hike in the current cycle: "The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain ...

Airlie backs financials but wary on banks

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... Funds Management and its first pitch to retail investors includes an investment thesis which currently excludes three of the big four banks from its concentrated Australian share portfolio. Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management allowed ...

Banks take 1500 days to identify breaches: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
Big banking groups are taking an average of 1500 days to internally identify breaches in conduct, ASIC chair James Shipton said in his address at the FSC Summit in Melbourne today. And this is only the first step in the reporting the breach to ASIC ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... vulnerable to their balances being run down by insurance that in many instances they didn't know they had. "But again, these are big issues and it's right that the Senate inquiry look at all the elements including what protections are in place for young ...