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Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Australia's largest banks are having difficulty maintaining growth given a sluggish economy and increasing regulatory pressure, according to several industry analysts. KPMG's Major Australian Banks Full Year 2016 Analysis Report shows a 2.5% drop in ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... House, that is. Clinton's on track to become Madam President. Trump's gonna make America great again! Depending on which poll you look at, one or the other is in the lead. However, the majority of polls give Clinton the win. But didn't the polls predict ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... Australian Bankers Association (ABA) has launched its latest defence against Labor's proposed Royal Commission, releasing new poll data that shows a fall in support for an inquiry. The poll, conducted by Galaxy between October 6-9, shows two thirds of ...

Statewide Super partners on digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Statewide Super is teaming with Decimal to provide digital financial advice to members. The industry fund has signed a three year agreement with the software provider to offer its Eqilize solution to more than 140,000 members as part of an overall expansion ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... does an enormous about of good and need to do more to get that message out there," Summerhayes said. When asked in a spot poll which LIF measures would have the most impact in improving things for consumers, the highest proportion (30%) felt a life insurance ...

Energy Super rolls out digital advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Energy Super has gone live with its new digital advice service. The service uses Decimal's Eqilize robo-advice software, and according to Energy Super general manager of digital transformation and analytics David Beal, is aimed at delivering an "entrA(C)e" ...

Henderson launches emerging markets fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Henderson has launched its Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund in the Australian market. Based on a high conviction portfolio of 40-80 companies across multiple countries and industry sectors, the fund was described by Henderson head of emerging markets ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... top-up their super balance when they are most able to afford it and when they are most engaged with their super fund. A spot poll via the conference smartphone app showed that delegates were overwhelmingly in favour or such a move. Another poll showed ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... impacted up to 330 million people in the subcontinent. GDP growth in India expected to approach 8% according to a Reuters poll of economists, fuels expectations that Indian inflation is on track to rise to 6%-plus over the coming year. World stock markets ...