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JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
Global financial powerhouse JPMorgan Chase & Co has beat analyst expectations, seeing its most successful year on record. The investment bank raked in $52.8 billion (US$36.4 billion) in the fourth quarter in net income, up 12% from the previous year. ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... du' jour of Australian politics - it's all about winning the next election... no forward thinking, no longer term plan. Because of this, the country had been burning long before the first bushfires were sparked.

Super fund rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... it's just our name that's new!" the site reads. While a rebranding often tends to come as part of a wider strategic plan, this is not the case for the super fund, with the decision to change its name actually more out of necessity. Speaking to ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

Global manager's Aussie distribution head retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... worked at AMP Asset Management, Lloyds Bank and Westpac. "While we are sad to see Murray leave, we have a strong succession plan in place to ensure the continuity of the great work Murray has achieved and the business' long-term success," the company's ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said in a submission to Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services. The submission, in response to Treasury's exposure draft legislation and ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
In a submission to the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, ASIC has claimed it is "supportive" of robo-advice, though harbours concerns around its ability to meet the best interests duty. The regulator said it has met ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... the World Bank's vice president of equitable growth, finance and institutions Ceyla Pazarbasioglu said things have to go to plan. "Following a year during which weak trade and investment dragged the world economy to its feeblest performance since the ...

AMP to cull super trustee, five funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... relationships had shifted since the Royal Commission as AMP attempted to remove conflicts of interest from the business. The new plan comes just months after AMP combined its Australian wealth management business with its banking division to create AMP ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Crude oil prices rose in the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The ...