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JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... day working from home in the coming weeks; in a bid to iron out any kinks should the virus spread throughout the United States, causing JP Morgan to close its domestic offices. Institutional bankers in secondary offices across Brooklyn, New York and ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... than 20% female. However, the world's largest financial powerhouses remain below the global average, with UK and United States-based fund managers only being 13% and 11% female, respectively. Morningstar's UK team recently found that there were more ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... from a financial planner with 44% seeking advice from family, while only 34% seek advice from an expert," the research states. The Royal Commission has broken down trust in the advice industry, NobleOak said. "The Royal Commission exposing conflicted ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... small caps and have grown into billion dollar companies," he said. "International firms, such as those from the United States, New Zealand and Europe, also see the opportunity to list and grow on the ASX market. A number are included in this new index." ...

Morgan Stanley acquires E*TRADE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Morgan Stanley has acquired E*TRADE in the United States in a $20 billion (US$13 billion) deal. E*TRADE stockholders will receive 1.0432 Morgan Stanley shares for each equivalent share, which is about US$58 per share. Morgan Stanley said the deal will ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... "CalPERS chief investment officer Ben Meng, Ph.D. is a globally-respected financial expert and a proud citizen of the United States. His commitment to California's public servants is extraordinary and his integrity above reproach. "Dr. Meng has CalPERS' ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... classes, including superannuation funds and investment options." In a release, Lonsec said Standard 3 of the FASEA code, which states that an adviser is in breach if "the form of variable income could induce an adviser to act in a manner inconsistent ...

Former Securitor manager joins Paragem

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... than 20 years of experience in financial services to the role, nine of which he spent at Securitor managing a number of states including SA, WA, VIC and Tasmania," it said. Kouimanis was also a member of the Securitor leadership team, where he helped ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... "the death of The Phillips Curve" with predictions of 3% to 3.5% wage growth recently revised lower. The Phillips Curve states that inflation and unemployment have a stable and inverse relationship. Yet, despite unemployment being low, wages are not ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... same response, FASEA provided an example where an adviser had a referral arrangement with a mortgage broker. The question states: "In return the mortgage broker gives me a $500 payment from the commission he receives for the loan/mortgage. Given this ...