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Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... 2012 quarter and marked the fourth straight quarter of decelerating year-on-year expansions. In his post-meeting press conference, BOE Governor Mark Carney stressed that the slowdown is due to adverse weather in February and March and that underlying ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... of the opinion now that continuing to de-risk as you age is a terrible thing to do." Analysis by JPMAM shared at the Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane earlier this year showed aggregate spending patterns across the ages of entering retirement ...

Women's leadership initiative adds men(tors)

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... financial services executives to aid the positive progression of women in the sector. Closing the 2018 FEW Leadership Conference in Melbourne today, FEW founder Judith Beck launched a new initiative - FEW Good Men. The initiative will see executive level ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... document developed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI launched the code at its annual conference in Sydney this afternoon. It believes the code will play key role in influencing the behaviour of asset managers in Australia ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... advice. Three months into his role, Shipton addressed the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference in Sydney this morning. He said the $220 million compensation bill for fees for no service will continue to rise. The chair ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... objective. As BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference after the April 26 BOJ meeting: "There was a market tendency to see our forecast as a deadline, and to seek connection between ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... quarter of last year and the slowest rate of growth since the June 2012 quarter. Then again, in his post-meeting press conference, BOE Governor Mark Carney stressed that the slowdown is due to adverse weather in February and March and that UK's underlying ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... other than the BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference. "There was a market tendency to see our forecast as a deadline, and to seek connection between the forecast and policy actions." ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... policy design and disclosure. The poll, which was conducted at the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference, found more than a third (36%) said the bar set by the code was too low, while the majority felt (59%) it was just right. When ...

Outgoing CEO name removed from critical AMP report draft

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... Utz report prepared about misconduct in the advice business. He took AMP advice head Anthony Regan to task about a conference call on 21 December 2017 in which Regan, Meller, AMP dispute resolution general counsel Larissa Baker Cook and Clayton Utz national ...