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Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... of its losses following the Brexit referendum and the FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high of 7,877.45 points in May of 2018. But as EU president Donald Tusk declared: "The risk of a disorderly exit has increased with this vote. While we do not ...

Blue Sky appoints CFO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Robert Shand resigned in April "to rebuild market condience"; and a newly-created chief risk officer role announced in May of last year. "The process to appoint a permanent CEO and a new CRO is well-underway and announcements will be made in due course. ...

Tenders on the menu for UK pension schemes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The UK competition regulator is proposing regulatory changes designed to ensure pension schemes pressure the market into providing the best value for members. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned competition problems exist within ...

Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... documents prepared prior to submitting an SMSF annual return (SAR). The ATO generally requires SARs to be submitted by May of the following financial year; it estimated that approximately 25% of SARs received in 2015-16 were submitted late. "We have ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The just-released RBA Financial Aggregates report for May show that Australia's credit state of affairs continues. Total private sector credit growth inched up from 4.9% in the year to April to 5% last month. While this put a stop to the four straight ...

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... appointments mark a significant step in the refresh of APRA's senior leadership team. "Together with the appointments in May of four new senior executives, we have completed our organisational restructure designed to ensure APRA continues to respond ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Robo-advisers in the US will be subject to the same fiduciary obligations as regular human advisers, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has said. According to reports the new chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, is directing the SEC Division of ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Employers should do more to help employees ease financial worries by providing work-funded financial advice, a new study from MetLife shows. About 68% of employers said helping staff make better financial decisions is important - but only one third ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Composite PMI rose to 54.4 in December from a preliminary reading of 53.9 and 53.9 in November. It is the highest reading since May of 2011 as an acceleration in manufacturing - up to 54.7 (the best since April 2011) from 53.7 in November - offset a ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... and machine learning will have a high impact on fund management in the future. The study was conducted between March and May of this year, with the respondents representing about US$300 billion in assets under management - 13% of participants were Asia ...