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Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Nonetheless, consumers now sense a need to buttress their precautionary savings, which is typically done by reducing their discretionary spending. Evolving job and wage prospects, which were slightly weaker in early January, are critical to extending ...

ASIC sharpens focus on managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... In its 2018-22 Corporate Plan, the corporate regulator announced a new project reviewing the practices of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) and platforms to identify issues affecting consumer outcomes. This includes looking at transparency and conflicts ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... But it is a substantial investment into people, systems, legal costs, risk and compliance and then there is the discretionary cost like we are expecting to start a reasonably-sized marketing campaign after Christmas," Hamilton said. Deutsche is acting ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... short-term variable remuneration - otherwise known as a bonus - for its frontline staff, which is rewarded based on "discretionary effort." Comyn confirmed that CBA has removed sales incentives for its tellers and evaluates their performance on customer ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Management, Deutsche AM and Skandia in a career spanning 20 years. Morningstar Investment Management Australia provides discretionary investment management and advisory services. It is a subsidiary of the NASDAQ-listed Morningstar, Inc.

Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... crowdfunding service. Pulse Markets currently offers several model portfolios to clients as part of its managed discretionary accounts business. It also provides securities trading services to retail and wholesale investors. BIR Financial is listed on ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... in the life insurance industry operates. This was on the basis the committee was more concerned about the "use of discretionary services in the life insurance industry that are outside contracts, disclosure and therefore relevant consumer protections." ...

IOOF expands managed accounts offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
IOOF is expanding its managed account offering to give advisers access to direct equities. Its managed discretionary account solution Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) will now include multi-asset models that combine direct equities with managed funds ...

Managed accounts provider ramps up tech strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... technology behind its managed accounts offering. The clients and advisers using Managed Accounts Holdings' (MGP) managed discretionary account solution will be the first to benefit from the technology upgrade, due to be rolled out in late October. MGP ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... expectations and spending profile report examined bank account transactions of 300,000 retirees nationally. It found non-discretionary costs such as food, electricity and gas are rising at a greater pace than inflation and will have a significantly greater ...