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Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio two years ago to contain what was then a fast depreciating Chinese yuan. It's now working to restrain the currency's move higher versus the US dollar, which has ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... Minister Scott Morrison said the initiatives are in addition to the government's $4.5 billion NBN investment to provide "ultra-fast broadband" over the next two years. "They also complement our actions to build digital skills and to improve trust and ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
All good things must come to an end. For a moment in time, the world economy benefitted from increased globalisation underscored by both comparative advantage and just-in-time supply chain management, triggering product innovations, higher value-added ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Lifespan Financial Planning has launched 30 managed discretionary account model portfolios on BT Panorama. The portfolios will be available to Lifespan's advisers who use BT Panorama. Lifespan has over 250 advisers, the company said. The offering includes ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September ...

Milestone Group appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... innovative from a product perspective and while the middle and back office has innovated over the years, it hasn't innovated fast enough. So I do see there being a gap and some friction in that investment implementation and oversight process," Azer ...

Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Platforms are the preferred sector exposure, asset managers are inexpensive and Link Group offers the best mid-term value, according to Credit Suisse's Diversified Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
While we, Australians all, continue to shudder at the economy's first recession in 29-years, our nation - to use Old Blue Eyes' song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
New global research reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed years of digital transformation into less than two months, but finds that partnerships, innovation and agility will be key for both advisers and institutions to survive and thrive going ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
With the US election fast approaching, S&P took a look at how elections typically influence the S&P 500. And, it turns out presidents might not be as influential as Donald Trump would like to think. Looking at data from 1928 to 2016, the S&P 500 rose ...