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Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

UK manager partners for Aussie distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... approach," Mothoneos said. Osmosis founder Ben Dear added: "Academics at the Cardiff Business School have undertaken research into the relationship between businesses' resource efficiency and value, using Osmosis' proprietary Resource Efficiency Score ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... passionate advocates for active investing, but that doesn't mean that we turn up our noses at passive investing." QIC director research and strategy, Katrina King, said there is compelling evidence to support the proposition that markets go through periods ...

Life insurers post mixed performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
Group disability income insurance has turned a corner for life insurers, recording strong earnings after years of mediocre performance, APRA's FY17 life insurance statistics show. Group disability income insurance contributed $152 million of profit ...

Retirement fintech makes senior appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
A financial advice start-up founded by former Challenger executive Paul Rogan has appointed a chief customer officer. Joining Retirement Essentials in the new role is Antoinette Tyrrell. She joins a growing team to lead the 'direct to consumer' marketing ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
US data releases dumped on our screens overnight, combined with easing US/North Korean tensions, provide another green light for the Fed to proceed with policy normalisation. Balance sheet unwinding and another rate hike before 2017 turns into 2018 ...

Artificial intelligence provides adviser advantage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... financial advisers. The firm's chief technology officer for Australia, Debra Bordignon, said AI will cover "the generalist research and problem solving of first-year lawyers, financial advisers, accountants, and doctors." Her comment comes from Dimension ...

Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... foreign exchange management to combat rapidly changing regulatory and market conditions and to protect members' assets, research from NAB shows. The annual superannuation FX hedging survey found a majority of super funds are using hedging strategies ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... a bespoke carbon measurement methodology for listed equities developed by the Guardians in conjunction with MSCI ESG Research - which is also providing independent carbon data and company ratings. The fund will continue to hold some companies in its ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
One thing stood out when the Reserve Banks of India (RBI), Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) conducted their monetary policy meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest ...