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Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... of last year. To paraphrase Mark Twain, history may rhyme but it should not repeat (given learned lessons from the past). Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
A global investment manager headquartered in London and Dubai, which specialises in bespoke strategies for sophisticated investors, is entering the Australian institutional market with the help of a local representative. The Entrepreneur's Investment ...

Companies must clarify purpose: Fink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
The chief executive of the world's largest investment firm believes the world's public companies may lose their license to operate if they fail to engage with activist investors to ensure long-term value for shareholders. In his annual letter to chief ...

Alternative beta corresponds with adviser risk concerns

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
An international quantitative investment manager with growing operations in Australia believes alternative investment strategies match the ongoing concerns investors and advisers hold around risk. Capital Fund Management head of Asia Pacific, Steve ...

Macquarie adopts open banking solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Macquarie customers will be one of the first to test the new open banking regime with the help of a fintech. Retail finance solutions provider Zip Co, which operates under its zipPay and zipMoney brands, will allow Macquarie customers to add banking ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... and asset prices to them - remain the most significant influence on, and source of uncertainty about, the economic outlook". Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist, asset ...

SMSF members want overseas restrictions lifted

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Australians temporarily living overseas are compelled to switch their self-managed superannuation to an APRA-regulated fund and this becomes a costly and cumbersome exercise. The SMSF Association is calling on the Federal Government to lift these restrictions. ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
CFA Societies Australia appointed investment management veterans Maria Wilton and Stephen Dunne to chair its diversity and advocacy bodies respectively. Wilton is the new chair of CFA Societies Australia's National Diversity Committee, a body aiming ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Citigroup will be the first US bank to begin disclosing wage data and adjusting employee salaries as part of a company-wide strategy to close the pay gap for women and minorities. The organisation confirmed it is taking steps to disclose gender and ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ClearView is rolling out a series of enhancements to its life insurance platform with the aim of increasing efficiencies in advice practices. The company's Adviser Quote Underwritinmg and Apply (AQUA) platform now includes integrated electronic quote ...