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Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Fresh data out of China suggests that the central government and the central bank's efforts to reduce liquidity in the system are starting to have an impact. China's M2 money supply went up by 8.8% in the year to October after rising by 9.2% in the ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Westpac will farewell its current chief risk officer next year and has named the man to inherit the role. Alexandra Holcomb will retire in 2018 following 21 years at Westpac. For the past three years Holcomb served as chief risk officer and has also ...

ASIC appoints former AFA chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
ASIC has named the 18 members of its Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), including the former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers. Brad Fox will join the FSCP along with Annette Spencer, Bruce Debenham, Calvert Duffy, Christina ...

The next generation of bancassurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
One may think the continuing trend of banks offloading their insurance and wealth management businesses signals the end of the bancassurance model but there is life in it yet, according to IOOF's Renato Mota. In a recent blog post Mota said the traditional ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

ATO affirms SMSF event-based reporting rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) with a balance of $1 million or more will be subject to an event-based reporting regime from 1 July 2018, the Australian Tax Office announced. SMSF members have 28 days after the end of the quarter to report an event ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Perennial Value Management has appointed a head of mid-caps and a head of smaller companies and micro caps. Grant Oshry, the new head of mid-caps, previously headed up Perennial's small-cap business since 2007. Perennial managing director John Murray ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Janus Henderson is expanding its overseas custody partnership with a US$10 trillion custodian, seeing 100 staff move in the process. Under the new partnership, BNP Paribas Securities Services will oversee most of Janus Henderson's (JHG) back and middle ...

Greater tech support needed for goals-based advice strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Despite growing popularity of the goals-based advice model, financial advisers are struggling to integrate existing systems with the goals-based approach. An opportunity exists for financial planning software providers to develop a solution capable ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Assessed in tandem with the previous day's report of a narrowing in China's international trade surplus in October, the latest update on the country's inflation indicates the central government's progress towards rebalancing the economy. China's CPI ...