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Zenith acquires New Zealand firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Investment research provider, Zenith Investment Partners is in the process of acquiring an overseas business as it expands into offshore markets. Zenith has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with NZX Limited to acquire New Zealand ...

Fintech no real threat: Researcher

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Australia's big banks are well placed to defend their position against fintechs hoping to disrupt the industry, according to a new report from Moody's. While fintechs may be seen to pose a growing threat, large banks have the financial resources to ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
The financial services industry has welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, viewing the result as business as usual. In a shock result to many, the Coalition defeated Bill Shorten's Labor Party in the Federal election over the weekend. In response ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
I believe in miracles Where you from You sexy thing, sexy thing you Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was delivered a miracle when the Liberal/National Coalition won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government ...

Frontier highlights best in show list weaknesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... hold true either," Frontier said. The asset consultant found the movement of funds in and out of the top 10 was harder to predict. Of the top 10 performing funds in the three years to 30 June 2018, four dropped from the list. This happened again when ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Deemed the sexiest accent in the world by 'Big 7 Travel', it would have been better (dare I say, sexier) that instead of a printed statement, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr verbally delivered the news that: "The Official ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
The number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) wind-ups shot up in the last 12-24 months, according to Australian Tax Office data. Latest ATO data reveals in 2014 the number of SMSF wind-ups was 12,654 and hovered around that point, reaching ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Once again, US President Donald Trump proved to the entire planet that the only thing predictable about him is his unpredictability. With just two tweets, POTUS reignited hostilities (and perhaps an escalation) of the US-China trade war, spooking financial ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Money talks, prayers walk. This appears to be the overriding theme in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in the Philippines where "foul-mouthed and murderous" president Rodrigo Duterte's preferred senatorial and congressional candidates lead ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The stats are out and it reveals that Australian consumer price inflation has softened... big time. There's no other option for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates soon and twice. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) ...