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ANZ attempts sale to Chinese conglomerate, blocked by NZ regulator

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... our strategic options regarding the future of UDC. It's a great business and there is no immediate requirement to do anything, particularly given the strength of ANZ's capital position. "UDC continues to be a highly profitable and strong business, with ...

Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... diseases are at work in individuals. "DNA sequencing costs are dropping 30 to 40% every year. Healthcare's never seen anything like this," Wood said. She believes investment in disruptive and technology-driven innovators is a hedge against the groundswell ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
There wasn't really anything earth-shattering in US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... indexation) and further reduction in household spending. It's still about seven months until the "advised" rate hike. Anything can still happen, the OECD and the RBA's forecasts could prove on point. If so, hike away RBA.

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... US$67.69/tonne, iron ore's 12.7% lower from the day of the RBA's September meeting and 14.9% down from the start of 2017. Still, anything can still happen given the volatility in iron ore prices this year. In mid-July this year that iron ore was considered ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Thank goodness Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the ...

SelectingSuper winners crowned

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... matter how big or smart it is or thinks it is, or how embedded into its disruption value chain it is, can afford to take anything for granted," Dunnin said. "That's why super funds and products should celebrate their success whenever they can because ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... technology looks set to become more widespread in financial services if developments in the US life insurance market are anything to go by. A North Carolina technology firm, Lapetus Life Event Solutions, recently developed CHRONOS, an end-to-end underwriting ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... chairman and co-founder David Brown on the same day as the 1987 stockmarket crash. If you can survive that, you can survive anything.

Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... are really there as a counsellor and consultant to something that's deeply important to your clients, you don't have anything to fear from robo-advice," he said. "But if you don't think of that as your business and you never speak to your client and ...