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Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Risk advice dealer group Synchron has asked industry stakeholders not to blame "churning" of life insurance policies only on advisers and demanded that insurers improve product design. Synchron noted that in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, "companies ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Boutique fund manager Tempo Asset Management is turning its global smart beta strategy away from the United States and Canada and finding growth in Europe and Asia. Tempo principal Joe Bracken told Financial Standard that the Tempo Global Equity Fund ...

Risk mispricing a threat to investment: ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The investment community is under threat from the current mispricing of risk, according to ANZ chief executive Mike Smith. Speaking at recent Bloomberg event, Smith said he worries about the management of risk in an environment of such high liquidity. ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
"Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday..." -Bonnie M. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray for the fantabulous Australian jobs report for March. It's a holi-holiday for the RBA in May. Well... maybe. 'twas a wonderful set of numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Thousands take-up AustralianSuper clearing house

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
More than 26,000 Australian companies have taken up the offer of a specialised funds clearing house supported by AustralianSuper. Known as QuickSuper, owned and operated by Westpac, the online program manages super payments for companies of all sizes ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith believes any deflationary effect on China in the near future will be "quite limited". The comment came at a recent Bloomberg event attended by some of Australia's top business leaders, and where Smith addressed ANZ's plans ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
New Sydney-based fintech hub, Stone and Chalk, has promised early stage investors and organisations access to some of the city's best entrepreneurs on top of its recent chief executive announcement. Heading Stone and Chalk will be Australian-born Alex ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Four funds from Van Eck's exchange-traded funds arm, Market Vectors, have been added to Colonial First State's FirstWrap platform. Established in 2006, Market Vectors has ETFs that cover multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currency ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
What lifts all boats? Nah, Virginia, it's no longer "a rising tide" - not if you believe the IMF's latest annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published this month where it printed, "Output across advanced and emerging market economies remains ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
The share market is slightly higher on a quiet day, with the main indices trading within a narrow range around 5,900 points since interest rates were kept on hold. Offshore markets provided positive leads but CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...