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Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... solution helps advisers to align the personal circumstances and objectives of each client with the realities of financial markets, so that advisers can offer more comprehensive advice. AdviserLogic will remain Morningstar's core financial planning offering ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... "monitoring", reaffirmation of commitment and standing ready, the communique falls short of assertive concrete actions, financial markets hoped the "magnificent seven" would undertake. However, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the US Federal Reserve's ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... threatened." "Second, Fed officials are now actively talking about the possibility of policy support. Third, global financial markets have started to price in a non-trivial chance of global recession." Ord Minnett said these factors mean the case for ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Weekend reports that COVID-19 is not only multiplying but infecting more countries sent financial markets back. According to Al Jazeera, a total of 76,288 cases and 2345 deaths have been reported in mainland China as at February 21 - there'll be ...

Bell FG appoints director, releases FY results

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Feldmanis brings extensive experience and knowledge to the board. "Feldmanis has extensive industry knowledge of financial markets, and significant experience in business operations, finance, risk management and governance," it said. "She is an experienced ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... was 0.1% before the 2014 tax increase in 2014; and, currently at minus 0.1%. Looking forward, economists and financial markets expect a rebound in Japanese GDP in the March 2020 quarter. That may be but would it be enough to prevent another Japanese ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... Victor's new role as head of SPDR ETF distribution for Asia Pacific, which sees her assume responsibility for key financial markets including Hong Kong and Japan, where institutional interest in ETFs is high relative to Australia.

SSGA promotes local SPDR boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... ETF Asia Pacific distribution, in a move that will see Victor assume responsibility of the Hong Kong and Japan financial markets where ETF growth is booming, according to SSGA. Victor joined SSGA in 2017 as head of SPDR ETFs in Australia, following a ...

Challenger boutique winds up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... multi-boutique business Fidante partnered with in February last year has wound up. London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering) ran a derivatives-based strategy taking positions in futures with an absolute return objective. Its partnership ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... exports. So, it is working." Then again, if easier monetary policy is working, why are many economists and the financial markets factoring in at least one more 25 bps RBA rate cut -- that would take the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 0.50% ...