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Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... media thrives by encouraging you to panic, and large parts of the financial industry make money only when you act," he said. "Big moves sell newspapers, and high trading activity means commissions for online brokers. The only people who don't profit ...

Robo-advice provider inks deal with Class

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... co-founder added: "We can see that while Six Park is meeting a valuable need for robo-advice, it's also a business that brings the 'big end of town' capability to the consumer at a reasonable price. "This is a great fit with the work Heffron has always ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... 10 years - also putting upward pressure on bond yields. These are perfectly rational rationales behind the previous week's big one-day fall on Wall Street - DJIA down 2.5%; S&P 500 down 2.0%; Nasdaq down 2%; Russell 2000 down 2.1%. But if the current ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... expansion up to 2.5% -- the fastest growth rate since the 3.4% rate recorded in exactly one decade. The Eurozone ended 2017 with a big bang. The latest Markit Economics manufacturing PMI survey shows that it's starting 2018 with a bigger bang. The final ...

Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The ownership behind the Australian arm of micro-investment savings app Acorns is changing from its original joint venture structure, with the original US developer Acorns Grow now holding a minority interest in the company. Acorns Grow Australia is ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Small financial advice practices that breach new cybersecurity laws coming into effect next month can face penalties of up to $1.8 million. The stark warning comes from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, which is urging small ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... we'll get the latest update on the region's economic growth (fourth quarter GDP) and inflation. Australia, too, will get a big market moving number tomorrow when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases fourth quarter figures on consumer prices. ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... the dollar's depreciation in 2017 of 3.0%, 4.9% and 1.5%, respectively. The Australian dollar has risen by 3.2% against the big dollar this year to date following an 8.0% appreciation in 2017. The rationales put behind the US dollar's decline include ...

Paradice appoints portfolio manager from Northcape

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... "Despite the portfolio performance appearing lacklustre relative to the index, we were pleased with it given the volatility and big moves in many names, particularly at the smaller end of the market," the update said. "There were also a number of take-over ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Australian billionaires amassed a $115.4 billion fortune in FY17, representing a 140% jump since the Global Financial Crisis, according to an Oxfam analysis. The Oxfam Growing Gulf Between Work and Wealth paper found Australia's richest 1% had more ...