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GBST Australian revenues dip, UK picks up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... financial year, as it launched a back-office solution, saw AUM growth, started work on partnerships and made strategic research and development (R&D) investment. Global revenue declined from $13.6 million in FY17 to $11.5 million, as service revenue ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Super fund welcomes industry veteran to trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... Finance Corporation. She has served on the advisory boards of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research and the Australian Office of Financial Management. During her executive career, she worked with RBA, BHP and Contango Asset ...

Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... retirement with a mean 46% lower than what is required for a comfortable retirement. Orr added insights from a 2016 Australian research council linkage project produced by Challenger, which concluded indigenous people - in particular current retirees ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... rate at which superannuation funds slug members fees is growing faster than the underlying assets being managed, latest research shows. Rainmaker Information's March quarter Benchmarking report shows members paid a total of $32 billion in super fees ...

Life insurance loyalty waning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... figure represents a high predisposition to switching or lack of brand loyalty in this market, Roy Morgan said. "This research has shown that there is obviously considerable potential in this market for insurance companies to either gain or lose customers... ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Asset consultant expands capital markets team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... executive Andrew Polson said the appointment of Naylor would broaden the firm's capital markets team. "Capital markets research and asset allocation advice has long been a hallmark of Frontier. We have been ranked first among asset consulting firms in ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... Australia are committed to responsible and ethical investments - a market that is close to approaching $1 trillion. Joint research from KPMG and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) shows $866 billion or 55% of all professionally managed ...