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Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Australian labour market is provided by the ABS' trend series estimates. It's for this reason that the ABS intentionally states in its report that: "The trend series smooths the more volatile seasonally adjusted estimates and provide the best ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... and the industry goes through a structural change? Smith thinks they will. "We have had a good experience in the United States and in Canada," he said. "I think something like 35% of the CFA charterholders there are in private wealth advisory. That is ...

Industry fund goes for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... head of banking products. Bringing more than 20 years' experience in financial services both in Australia and the United States, Peters is a former group head of personal loans and overdrafts at Westpac; head of deposits at Citi; and associate vice president ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last minute trade deal (already signed by Mexico) that allows Canada to re-join in the new NAFTA ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... kiwi dollar/US dollar exchange rate is the divergence in monetary settings and outlook between New Zealand and the United States. One, that's been underscored by the policy decisions of their respective central banks on the same day - 26 September. ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... The commission is part of the Liechtenstein Initiative, which responds directly to calls from the UN Security Council for states and the financial sector to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking. The project was developed by the Government of the ...

ASIC takes Dover, McMaster to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... delays in implementing the advice no matter what caused the delay or who is responsible for the delay." Another section states that, under the Corporations Act, Dover was not responsible for anything done by an adviser "which is not within the authority ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... continued to fare incredibly well. Over the past five years, we have had two net new entrants, second only to the United States," he said. "Many other developed countries including Canada, U.K., Germany and others have actually had reductions in the ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... nations analysed for its report - Australia, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The asset manager said this demonstrated Australia's appetite for "riskier assets", however tempered this by mentioning ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... accumulation phase and with a stable income retirement product offered by an institutional superannuation fund," the report states. The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) treats short-term deposits by institutional super fund members as unstable, the research ...