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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
China vehicle sales China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

Leadership shuffle at State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
State Super recently introduced its new executive lineup, promoting several senior staff internally. Joining the fund in August 2015 as head of unlisted assets and alternatives, Richard Hedley becomes chief investment officer. With more than 20 years' ...

New product simplifies APRA reporting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
A global technology firm is providing an automated compliance reporting solution for financial services organisations in accordance with APRA security guidelines. Tenable Network Security has developed the solution which will assist management, security ...

Equity Trustees flags acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Equity Trustees is considering an acquisition of a bank's estates business. Sandhurst Trustees - owned by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank - provides investment, funds and estate management, superannuation, commercial loans and custodial services. It is also ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
"This is the moment; this is the day When I send all my doubts and demons on their way. Every endeavor I have made ever Is coming into play, is here and now today." -Donny Osmond, 'This is the moment" Well, Wednesday (14 December 2016), to be precise ...

IMAP expands advisory board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 11 DEC 2016
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has made a series of appointments to its advisory board. The appointments come as part of the association's growth strategy, leading on from IMAP chair Toby Potter's decision to take on a more full-time ...

Super clarity presents adviser opportunity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Following long awaited legislation changes to superannuation, the system still remains fundamentally attractive, consultant Rice Warner says. While the changes are some of the biggest to the super tax system in the last decade they present an opportunity ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
ASIC banned a Queensland-based financial adviser for seven years. Mateen Mohammed, who was an authorised representative of Synchronised Business Services from 2010 to 2015, is alleged by the regulator to have not maintained nor understood the "duties ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...