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Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... expectations for an increase of 1.4 million jobs - and the unemployment rate declined to 10.2%. As the BLS explained: "These improvements in the labor market reflected the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus ...

Lonsec adds to research team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... these new initiatives to advisers." Lonsec said there is still a need for new talent with a pipeline of technology improvements and usability enhancements planned for its iRate platform.

Financial services jobs show signs of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... June, the index remains 40.3% below its January 2020 level. Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker said that while the improvements in job vacancies in May and June were a promising sign, the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, including renewed shutdowns, caused ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... policy. If the strategy does not meet this threshold, the working group "will discuss specific shortcomings and the improvements that need to be made before it can be re-evaluated at a later stage. The 10-metric scoring system not only offers guidance ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... Deutsche Bank and Danske Estonia, Deutsche Bank was repeatedly put on notice of these failings and of the fact that few improvements were undertaken by Danske Estonia." The DFS said despite the fact that Deutsche Bank assigned Danske Estonia its highest ...

Generation gap opens up in financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... provider wholly digitally and this is an area which many funds are addressing, but they need to focus on operational improvements even more to meet expectations," KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said. "A majority said financial ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... business opportunity in itself, McHale said. The system does create benchmarks though, so users can identify the improvements that need to be made in order to achieve best practice and improve not only client relationships but compliance obligations ...

Marianne Perkovic to depart CBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... Commonwealth Private, and will finish up with CBA in October," he said. "She has been instrumental in driving multiple improvements within the business to make it simpler and better for our private clients, and will leave it in a strong position when ...

Super funds keep eye on Rio Tinto review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... events at Juukan Gorge reflected Rio's "determination to learn lessons from what happened and to make necessary improvements" to its heritage processes and governance. Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques said the immediate priority of ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... established in-house automated investment services, but continue to compete intensely on price and mobile platform improvements, while fintechs like Betterment, Wealthfront and Stash are intent on being a one-stop-shop for investors' savings, investing ...