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Fintechs save time: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Organisations that have partnered with fintechs are reaping process efficiencies, but quite a number are still sceptical of their merits, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. Almost half (46%) of respondents have seen a dramatic improvement ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Super property trust appoints GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Industry Superannuation Property Trust is welcoming a general manager of new business this week. Joining the $15 billion property investment trust is Karsten Simpson. Most recently he was general manager - structuring capital transactions, and the ...

Retirees force the politics of income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson told the 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum that retirees' influence on populism is a major dilemma for asset managers globally. Since the Global Financial Crisis retirees have ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
FIIG Securities has appointed a former QIC director to help the fixed income specialist's growth and direction. Stephen Mackie joins FIIG Securities' Brisbane office as the director of fixed income. He joins from QIC where he was a director and an investment ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... guidance with regards to monitoring "readings on financial... developments". "I'm ready to take all my chances with you" Jerome. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Perennial appoints institutional sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Perennial Value Management and Daintree Capital are welcoming a new head of institutional sales. Dan Birch will lead the fund manager's institutional sales division, responsible for marketing and selling Perennial's equity and risk management product ...

FTSE Russell partners with $7bn super fund to create new indices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
FTSE Russell partnering with a $7 billion fund to roll out a series of indices designed specifically for Australian superannuation funds investing in global equities. The FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series, created in partnership ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." (RBA Statement, 6 February 2018). Tax cuts anyone? Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Performance fees drive Janus Henderson post-merger revenues

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Janus Henderson's pro-forma adjusted revenue increased by 11% in the 12 months to 31 December 2017, driven by investment performance and higher average assets under management. Janus Henderson said strong markets delivered a 9% average increase in AUM ...