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Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Robo-advice is set to have the greatest impact on the financial services industry over the next five years, according to new member research by CFA Institute. The Fintech Survey found that 70% of respondents believe that mass affluent investors will ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... bankers trying to cheapen their currencies in order to import growth and export their way out of deflation. But nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... under management and ever-present competitive pressures. "With the flow of funds, changing regulatory environment and central bank intervention distorting asset prices, we have seen a proliferation of new investment products. In the multi-asset space ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
The Bank of Japan's stimulus measures have seen it quietly become one of the largest shareholders in the nation's largest companies, analysis from Bloomberg shows. The Japanese central bank is currently buying up equity ETFs at a rate of ¥3.3 trillion ...

ASIC bans ex-NAB planner from the industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former NAB adviser. Hardik Bhimani was a senior financial planning manager, then a senior financial planner, with NAB Financial Planning from April 2011 to November 2014. It was during this period that ASIC has now accused ...

State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... during the 2014 financial year. GPIF recently reported other custodians at the fund during 2014 were: Trust & Custody Services Bank (domestic bonds and short-term assets); Japan Trustee Services Bank (domestic equities); and The Master Trust Bank of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... drop in Japan's leading composite index (of 12 economic indicators) in February justifies recent speculations that the the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would announce further policy easing later this week and the BOJ's call for the government to do more to help ...

Energy Super partners with robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Energy Super is the latest industry fund to sign on a robo-advice platform, a move it says will complement existing financial advice offerings. The $6 billion fund has entered a partnership with Decimal Software and its new Eqilize platform, a robo-advice ...

New JBWere chairman named

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Andrew Hagger, group executive National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth has been appointed chairman of JBWere, effective from 21 April 2016. Hagger will replace former NAB group executive, finance and strategy, Craig Drummond, who held the role for over ...

Dissatisfied customers 'unreasonable', 'acting improperly': CBA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has brushed aside calls for a royal commission, instead arguing that some customers were simply unreasonable. Addressing the topic of culture and improving culture within in the financial sector services during ...