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Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... 51-49 vote, paving the way for the corporate tax rate to be lowered to 20% from the current 35%. Ole! Ole! Ole! Good news for Wall Streeters. Factset reports: "Deutsche Bank noted that even with the recent rally, only about a third of the benefit of ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Jerome Powell, basically indicated that he would continue policy along the lines of his predecessor if confirmed. Given, Wall Street's reaction - stock indices rose to fresh highs -- to Powell's statements, he passed the test.

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Watching Wall Street break one record high after another make it very tempting to join the herd or raise allocation of US equities in portfolios. There's the fear of missing out (FOMO) and then there's the shorts that, time and again in the current ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... could be a 50 bps hike - the probability rose to 8.5% from 1.9% a month before. Still low, but rising nonetheless. But with Wall Street again proving the saying that "records are meant to be broken" overnight, the Fed could afford to do just that were ...

Managed accounts now available via FirstChoice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... first for platforms in Australia. Despite having also been added to FirstWrap, at the time CFS head of retail platforms Sam Wall described FirstChoice as being "open for business in a big way", which still rings true following this latest announcemen ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Despite all the hype, Financial Standard's latest pulse survey shows a majority of people have no interest in using or investing in virtual currency. An overwhelming number of respondents (63%) have no plans to trade in cryptocurrency such as bitcoin ...

CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... CFS's annuities business recently reached $1 billion in funds under administration. Acting general manager of product Sam Wall said reaching this milestone in a short amount of time is testament to CFS's commitment in providing a range of retirement ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified by the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 10 November report that: "Wall Street slumped with the Dow Jones shedding over 200 points after Bill Cassidy, a member of the Senate Finance Committee ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
The rate Australia is adopting fintech services has almost tripled in the last 18 months, making it one of the top countries in the world with a sizable demand for new financial services technology. Australia's uptake rate (37%) sat above the global ...

China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
China is forecast to become the second largest asset management market globally by 2019, sitting just behind the US, according to Casey Quirk. The consultancy firm also anticipates China will attract half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' ...