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Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... decisions in Asian asset management firms, as the region's readiness to embrace financial technology, growing financial markets, and burgeoning talent pool make it well positioned to become the center of a transforming industry," CFA Institute said. ...

Former First State chief joins TCorp

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... board follows the manager's appointment of former Commonwealth Bank debt markets head Simon Ling in May, as financial markets general manager.

Challenger funds management chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... executive vice president at Bankers Trust. He served in several directorship roles, including the Australian Financial Markets Association, and Air Lease Corporation. Challenger managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said Saines will retire ...

SEC adopts retail investor protection package

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... been actively considering for nearly two decades. He believes the reforms will benefit retail investors and the financial markets for years to come. "This rulemaking package will bring the legal requirements and mandated disclosures for broker-dealers ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... insurers quietly wrote off goodwill. "The main drivers for this difference were the favourable movements in financial markets in the most recent quarter (e.g. a 9.5% rise in ASX 200), which positively impacted life insurers' investment revenue, along ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... the probability that it would be dropped by 25 basis points to 2%-2.25% has increased to 44.6% from 38.1%. The financial markets are in good company. In an interview this month, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank emeritus economist Leonard Nakamura, was ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... could live with two or three, even four interest rate reductions. The thing is, they don't make sense. The financial markets and the so-called "expert economists" are again caught up in the fallacy of extrapolation... assuming that other parameters/variables ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... Donald Trump would soon be tempering his trade war tweets versus China. Trump did so early this year - prompting financial markets and economic and business agents to expect that a trade deal is in the offing and the world is being made whole again. ...

Fairness key to meaningful change: Shipton

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... the Corporations law - to act efficiently honestly and fairly. "For there to be meaningful improvement of the financial markets, I think financial institutions must embrace and embed fairness into everything they do." Shipton said institutions must build ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... Force, Australia, April 2019'. Australia's employment report has become a focal point for the RBA and the financial markets. It told us so at its May board meeting, stating: "The board will be paying close attention to developments in the labour ...