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US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... statement, the Fed printed in black and white that, "The Committee will carefully monitor actual and expected inflation developments relative to its symmetric inflation goal." With wages at a standstill, inflation remains quiescent. In fact, both headline ...

ASIC consults on new statement of advice

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... mechanism to protect advisers against liability or a compliance tool." The consultation follows a number of policy developments in the retail life insurance sector which have highlighted the need for better SOAs. As part of the life insurance advice ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... who buy insurance directly rather than through financial advisers, have the highest levels of satisfaction. "Given developments in technology, Australians are becoming increasingly confident about doing things themselves that they previously couldn't ...

Investment trusts receive affordable housing concessions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
The Government is removing restrictions on managed investment trusts to facilitate new affordable housing developments. Investors will be able to pool funds into a professionally-managed scheme and receive concessional tax treatments assuming that at ...

State Street services over half of global ETF assets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... launch of innovative products for our clients." Over the last year, State Street has been at the forefront of industry developments, providing a number of innovations to enhance market efficiency. Notable contributions include the launch of a tool for ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... ties between ASIC and OJK," Price added. "We look forward to working more closely with OJK on the exciting fintech developments in both our countries." ASIC is currently collaborating closely with a number of other regulators including the Monetary Authority ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... its initial public offering at 40c per share. "This listing is just the beginning, and investors should expect more developments coming up. Based on what we shared in our prospectus, we are in the process of starting a debt fund to take advantages of ...

Korea scopes out Aussie asset management market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... for a roundtable discussion on what the new cross border trade initiatives could mean, and educated participants on developments in Korea's market, with FSC chair Geoff Lloyd highlighting the opportunity for collaboration on product design. Likewise ...

Westpac minimises disruption with disruption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... the ultimate mobile banking experience for people who love social media and messaging apps, and one of the biggest developments we've seen for years in Australia's highly-competitive digital banking space," Westpac Group chief executive, consumer bank ...

BTFG chief investment officer exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... substantiated," BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper said. Wild then resumed his duties at BTFG, but in light of recent developments "we've agreed with Mr Wild that he will leave the business effective immediately" he added, in an effort to "absolutely [committing] ...