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Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... is less volatile than emerging markets ex Asia," Taylor said. "If you look at Latin America, it is quite commodity and interest rate based. It's the same story in South Africa. Turkey is very politically run and Russia is quite dependent on the oil price ...

Perth advice firm folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... liquidator tried shopping the domain name to business brokers, in hope of recovering some value, but received little interest. At the same time, it owed about $1.3 million to creditors, the most significant of which was a $1.1 million owed to Macquarie ...

Corrupt adviser banned, AFSL canned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ASIC has banned a Queensland-based financial adviser from providing financial services for seven years and cancelled the AFS licence of his business. The corporate regulator found that Timothy Shapter had not provided advice in his client's best interests ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... managers look to take advantage of mispricing and curve shape." Todd said it is difficult to imagine an environment where interest rates will rise in the medium term, especially given the markets are indicating rates are more likely to fall further as ...

Robo-advice to be worth US$1.4 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... 2008 financial crisis as small investors looked for wealth managers who charged lower fees, at a time of historic low interest rates on savings," the LearnBonds.com analysis said. "US startups Betterment and Wealthfront were among the first to step into ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... already volatile fire, denting the second half outlook for some of Australia's listed companies. However, Argo said low interest rates and a possible further cash rate cut will drive equities higher, as investors throw cheap money at markets in their ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
The fixed income giant has pulled the brakes on its $1 billion listed investment trust, as the Treasury conducts a public consultation on stamping fees for LICs and LITs. PIMCO announced plans to raise for the LIT in November last year, in what was ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... funds to offer a comprehensive retirement income package to members and not exempting reverse mortgage brokers from best interest tests.

Amish community scammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... complaint, Riehl falsely claimed he required two co-signers on every loan, and would personally guarantee repayment with interest. It is also alleged Riehl sold investors promissory notes issued by Trickling Springs Creamery, a dairy business that he ...

Overhaul bites Deutsche Bank bottom line

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... for the "Core Bank" were down 2% from the previous year, at €23 billion. Deutsche Bank pointed to the "challenging interest rate environment" and the uncertain "global economic outlook" as key factors impacting revenue growth. Deutsche Bank reduced ...