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Nikko AM hire targets innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Following research into the future of product innovation and development, Nikko Asset Management Australia has created a new executive role to drive the firm's product agenda. Hendrie Koster has been appointed as head of product and strategy, with Nikko ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole! US consumers must be partying like it's the year 2000 for they have not been this optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous ...

FPA pushes tax deductible incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... towards organising their finances on a strategic basis", FPA head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan says. Research commissioned by the FPA found 30% of those who have not used financial advice and don't intend to in the future attribute ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
It could have been triggered by anything imaginable under the sun, but the financial markets' correction - due to Trump's repeal/replace Obamacare failure - should be seen as that, one that "corrects" overvalued levels that have run ahead of fundamentals. ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... increasingly popular, there is more need than ever for SMSF investors to turn to financial advisers for support." The research also revealed that SMSF trustees continue to find managed funds attractive, with 47% each investing approximately $280,000 ...

ETFs attracting insto appetites: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
New research from VanEck suggests Australian institutional investors will likely be ramping up their allocations to exchange-traded funds. More than half (55%) of institutions surveyed currently use ETFs; 56% indicated they would be increasing this ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... X and Y investors have a marked preference for international stocks compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international stocks ...

Finance and insurance job market strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Recruitment firm Robert Half believes the demand for finance and insurance professionals is forecast to grow in 2017. Based on the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the finance and insurance sector added 850 roles between November ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
"I think this is something - it certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote-getting process. We learned a lot about some very arcane rules in, obviously, both the ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... director of the Financial Executives Institute of Australia and serves as deputy chairman of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Rob Jesudason, presently leading CBA's international financial services division in Hong Kong, will commence as ...