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Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Advice improves lifestyle outcomes: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds said more than three-quarters of advised Australians feel they are prepared for retirement. Launching its Value of Advice Report on day one of the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference at the Gold Coast ...

Powerwrap names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The chief executive of Bennelong Wealth Partners and chief operating officer of one of the largest single family offices in Australia will be the next chief executive of Powerwrap. Following the resignation of Cormac Heffernan in December 2016, the ...

Link Fund Solutions wins first client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Link Fund Solutions secured a mandate from a new small-cap boutique manager, marking the service provider's first client since rebranding. Link Fund Solutions has been appointed by QVG Capital to provide fund administration and custody services for ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
It was the surprise that wasn't. US non-farm payrolls declined by 33,000 in September and it followed an upwardly revised 169,000 gain (from +156,000) in the previous month. Sure the extent of the fall was less than market consensus for a 100,000 addition ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
It was a ho-hum event, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 3 October board meeting, that is. The Australian central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected. This takes to 14 the number of months the RBA has kept the official interest ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
More than half of new Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidates failed the first level of the six-hour examination, recent results from the CFA Institute shows. Of the 63,281 global candidates who took the mid-year Level I sitting (also offered in ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...

WA super funds combine forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Two Perth-based superannuation funds are set to become one, announcing an intention to merge. WA Super and Concept One will join forces to create Western Australia's only not-for-profit, public offer superannuation fund. It will manage more than $3.2 ...

ASX on track for blockchain announcement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
The ASX's potential rollout of blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) is well on track, chief executive Dominic Stevens told the exchange's annual general meeting today. An official announcement to determine the suitability of DLT to replace ...