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Changing nature of advice to benefit institutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The era of new business models and increasing education debt will see new financial planners begin their careers in salaried positions and place existing advisers' exit strategies at risk. That is the view of Connect Financial Service Brokers chief ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Uh-oh. This shouldn't be happening! No, no, no. Only a few days after Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee went public and declared the stock market in a "parabolic rise" - a bullish signal for the remainder of the year and which has failed ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
Art buyers and investors pay female artists up to 50% less for their work compared to men on average, latest academic research has found. A study of more than a million art auction sales across 40 years found a 47.6% price gap between male and female ...

Institutions urged to overhaul outdated risk management practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
Australia's financial institutions lack the capability to understand and manage risks that flow from rapidly changing social attitudes and should consider creating a dedicated role in response. That is the view of the Actuaries Institute's Ian Laughlin ...

2017 AGMs less tumultuous: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The number of top 200 ASX-listed companies that received a strike against pay resolutions in 2017 has dropped, as shareholders increasingly become more engaged during proxy season, ASIC says. The corporate regulator, which closely monitors the outcomes ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
A number of market moving events and economic releases are scheduled for this week - ones that could either preserve or disrupt the status quo. In America, President Donald Trump will deliver his 'State of the Union' address and the Fed meets for the ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
Investment professionals believe there is a need to better control the risks associated with dynamic equity factor investing, according to latest EDHEC-Risk Institute and ERI Scientific Beta research. Between June and September 2017, more than 110 global ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The US economy had been expected to slow in the fourth quarter of 2017... but not this slow. The advance estimate of US GDP showed economic growth decelerated to a 2.6% annual rate in the December 2017 quarter from a two-and-a-half-year high of 3.2% ...

Aberdeen LIC internalises management

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Following on from the decision to remove Aberdeen Asset Management as investment manager in October, Aberdeen Leaders Limited (ALR) has named its internalised investment team and unveiled a new name for the listed investment company. ALR chair Brian ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Financial advisers employed by Australia's five largest vertically integrated institutions failed to act in the best interests of clients 75% of the time, favouring their own products and leaving clients ''significantly worse off" in 10% of cases. These ...