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Digital advice platform opens Sydney office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... existing systems and to develop functionality that differentiates Quantifeed," Bischoff said. "The reliability and performance of our institutional-grade platform is a technological edge that many other fintech companies struggle to match." Quantifeed ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... prohibited from entering the market, he added. "For those reasons, we continue to advocate an approach that looks at performance of trustees across a number of dimensions, and does not rely solely on measures of historical returns over a particular time ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... To reveal Australia's best investment managers, Rainmaker analysed how sustainable the relative investment performance of each strategy has been compared to its peers while also comparing them against a range of important risk measures. To perform ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... from more recent activity data - business conditions and confidence, consumer confidence and spending, the AiG performance of construction index, among others - are equally foreboding. So is the fast accelerating momentum in the decline in Australian ...

IPO activity to slow down

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... market sentiment still remains for this sector," he said. "Overall the pipeline appears to be soft and reflects the performance of IPOs and the wider market. This was evidenced in the final quarter of 2018 with sentiment perhaps being an important factor. ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... 12.2% fall in the year to November 2018. This is consistent with the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) latest "Performance of Construction" report where it found that: "House building contracted for a fifth consecutive month in December... It was ...

Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... their workplaces, noting the research found flexible working hours and the ability to work from home improved the performance of workers, as well as their engagement and financial wellness. "Reducing the stigma around financial stress is also important ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... and international equities lost 2.3% and 0.7% in November respectively. However, this was offset by the positive performance of property, fixed interest and cash, the net effect of which was an average monthly return of -0.6%. Returns on investment in ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... prophecy. Other indicators are equally negative - HIA new home sales dropped by 12.2% in the year to November; AiG performance of construction index dug deeper into construction territory (42.6) in November; and, despite the better-than expected November ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... enhance the retirement savings of their members, not the share price of the big banks," the ACTU said. It added the performance of not-for-profit industry funds was a testament to their governance structure and said any attempt to dismantle such a "world-class" ...