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BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has praised Australia's use of private capital in funding infrastructure, and said the US needs to catch up. In his annual letter to shareholders, Fink said the United States trails behind countries ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Trump's actions against Syria show that he walks the talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Don't you just love it when things turn out as expected? Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Leading platform provider netwealth launched a financial literacy campaign this week, looking to bring financial education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Ariel Investments' global equities chief investment officer, Rupal J. Bhansali, believes passive investors have made a "deal with the devil" in focusing on lower costs at the expense of higher risks. Explaining her position, Bhansali told a media briefing ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Yesterday's decision by the Fair Work Commission to slash Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook ...

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation fund REST is testing the waters of virtual customer service technology with the launch of Roger - an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant instantly responds to member's super related enquiries online 24/7, and is ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Growth in life insurers' individual risk business was "virtually static" in the three years to 30 June 2016, research reveals. The Health and Wellness Report, published by Strategic Insight (formerly Plan for Life), highlights that while individual ...

Vale George Vassos: Omega Global Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Omega Global Investors co-founder and managing director George Vassos has died following unforeseen medical complications. Vassos, aged 47, passed away last week and is survived by his wife Shannon and three young daughters. The directors and co-workers ...

How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Practice principals need to realise that finance is no longer the 'sexy' career prospect it used to be so more needs to be done to attract, develop and retain new recruits. Addressing delegates during the sold-out Professional Practice Workshop at the ...