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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... sharper contraction in imports (down 16.3% in the year to September) relative to exports (down 6.9%). South Korea GDP Advanced estimates show that South Korea's economic growth eased slightly to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.8% in the three months ...

Elders introduces adviser education scholarships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... direction on educational standards is impacting advisers across Australia who don't know whether to up-skill via the Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning courses or through tertiary qualifications." The education scholarships are part of an educational ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Donaldson described local bond markets as resilient because they provide diversified exposure in comparison to other advanced economies, with 1.5 to 3% yields attractive to global investors realising that low rates are here to stay. "Our clients tell ...

Super engagement strategies still misfiring

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... communicate with their members. Not only do some members complain that too much super fund marketing assumes unrealistically advanced levels of superannuation knowledge, they complain that super funds give them too much information. Kirkland said consumers ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... forecasts are correct). Similarly, the median inflation rate has decline from the 1998-2007 average of 2.1% to 0.5% for advanced economies (again, assuming perfect foresight) and from 4.9% to 3.0% for emerging market and developing economies. One thing ...

Industry can expect significant cyber-attacks: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... up to the survey that was sufficiently material to warrant executive management involvement." These incidents included advanced persistent threats, distributed denial of service attacks and "compromises of highly privileged access." There were also ransomware ...

IOOF upgrades Pursuit functionality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... number of other enhancements IOOF has made to the platform in recent months, including a redesigned trading platform; an advanced corporate actions portal; a maturing investments portal; a standing instructions portal; and an online withdrawals portal ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... role in repositioning the bank post GFC including the implementation of an industry-leading banking platform and driving Advanced Accreditation." Along with Carter's new position, acting chief risk and legal officer Fiona Thompson has become chief risk ...

BNP appoints sales manager from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... made significant strides in the Australian market in recent years and is in a strong position to help clients leverage advanced data analysis offering, which provides deep insights into risk and asset liability, including ESG factors and more."

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... downside and relate mainly to the external environment." Japan GDP The final estimate of Japanese GDP showed the economy advanced by 0.2% in the June quarter, up from zero growth in the initial estimate. Domestic demand contributed 0.4 percentage points ...