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Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Fintech no real threat: Researcher

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... resources to invest in their own or joint technology, Moody's said. However, smaller banks may still be vulnerable to disruption from fintechs. Moody's vice president and senior analyst Daniel Yu said: "Fintechs have grown substantially in recent years ...

Investec closes robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... both clients and staff of Investec Click & Invest," Investec said. "Our prime concerns from this point are to minimise disruption for clients and ensure that employees are treated with respect and fairness." Clients of Click & Invest were written to ...

New fund administrator enters Australian market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... automated cash allocation, rebalancing, trade order management and oversight. It said the Australian market is ripe for disruption from technology companies, because unit pricing and fund admin projects can be complex. "FRS is proud of its proven track ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Equity markets everywhere may not be climbing in a straight line, but they are climbing. This is happening against a backdrop of continued global economic and financial uncertainties. In its 'World Economic Outlook, April 2019' report - where ...

J.P. Morgan still the top custodian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... sign of the need for this agility diminishing as we work with our key client sectors to support their needs and handle disruption." "Key themes like increasing demands for data, a backdrop of significant regulatory change and the challenges of working ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... March from February. Add to this, US sanctions against Iran (expected to be tightened further in May) and the supply disruption caused by the tensions in Libya. But as the International Energy Agency (IEA) notes, "The oil market shows signs of tightening ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Just when we're just a handshake away from a Sino-US trade deal, another war on trade this way comes. US President Donald Trump must be wringing his hands at how he succeeded in making China kowtow - er, compromise - to his demands. Trump's ...

Financial advice exit a boon for the industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... forced separation of financial advice and companies that sell and manufacture financial products "involved significant disruption" to the industry and the financial services industry more broadly. This is despite Hayne recognising that conflicts of interest ...

AIA Australia adds innovation lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... innovation capability and creating new ways of working to deliver innovation to our customers and partners." "I believe disruption is the new normal and in a world that is highly connected, complex, customer-centric and fast-paced, our people at AIA ...