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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ...

Liquidnet launches new equity algorithms for instos

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... The new algorithms include Liquidnet Dark, which searches for liquidity across multiple dark venues. "Liquidnet's existing block crossing network, live in Australia since 2008, directly matches block-sized orders executed by institutional investors ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
ASIC and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a co-operative agreement to facilitate regulatory harmony between the two countries. The new Innovation Functions Co-operation Agreement is designed to give fintech companies in Australia ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Listed robo-advice provider Decimal Software has appointed a new chair. Mark Potts is currently chief technology officer, corporate strategy at Hewlett-Packard. He has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software ...

AIST takes aim at levies consultation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... notes that Attachment A to the Proposed Levies Paper provides sparse information, and also does not include a significant block of the superannuation sector which gains use from SuperStream - Self Managed Superannuation Funds," the AIST submission said. ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... also announced yesterday it has sold 36.4 million shares in the NZ securities exchange listed Z Energy in an underwritten block trade at NZ$8.01 per share. The NZ Super Fund will remain a 1.5% shareholder in Z Energy, with a residual holding of approximately ...

Global equities tease income opportunity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
Global equity income strategies, once only available to institutional investors, are now easily accessible using cost-effective ETF products as building blocks of an income portfolio. This a view presented by SPDR ETFs in a white paper released by State ...

Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Robo-advice is set to have the greatest impact on the financial services industry over the next five years, according to new member research by CFA Institute. The Fintech Survey found that 70% of respondents believe that mass affluent investors will ...

iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
BlackRock has launched its iShares Core exchange traded fund (ETF) range in Australia to provide investors with low cost, high quality and diversified exposures. iShares Core comprises thee equity ETFs and two fixed income ETFs that be combined to construct ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... blockchain was the most important software breakthrough in 50 years. "In six months you're not going to read an article about block chain because everyone would have forgotten about it. If you do, it will be something about how it's overrated, immature ...