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Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
History is about to be made on 12 June 2018 at Sentosa Island in Singapore between the leader of the free world and the North Korean supremo. It's going to be a "win-win" deal according to US President Donald Trump. In all likelihood, North Korean ...

AustralianSuper exec makes next top CIO list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
An AustralianSuper investor is featured on a new list of 50 finance professionals whom recruiters say are currently the most coveted for chief investment officer (CIO) roles. The $129 billion superannuation fund's head of portfolio construction ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
We are one and we are many, and all of us don't expect any movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when it meets at 2.30pm today for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on ...

Fidelity extends institutional capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Fidelity International has appointed a former AMP Capital executive to head up its institutional business as the needs of its clients evolve. Joining the firm from his current post as head of institutional business at AMP Capital is John Meagher. Meagher ...

CBA settles with AUSTRAC for $700m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank will pay $700 million to resolve civil proceedings brought against it by AUSTRAC for contravening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws - almost double what it anticipated. CBA has announced it reached an agreement with ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Just when the threatening clouds of Quitaly and its negative repercussions on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
An independent think tank is launching a sustainable retirement scorecard as a self-assessment tool for superannuation funds to benchmark performance in managing members' retirement. The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) is introducing ...

Advisers still resistant to social media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
About 60% of financial advice practices are yet to integrate social media into client engagement strategies despite the majority of Australians using some form of social media every day. Latest research from Netwealth shows 40% of advice practices use ...