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Not all heroes wear capes

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... a parent, discusses the impacts of leaving the workforce on superannuation, and the benefits of voluntary contributions. Tweet via Super Avocado Robot @Cadobot Virtual customer service technology or 'chatbots' are fast becoming a method by which financial ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... trust in finance, thanks to the more transparent and immediate nature of bitcoin technology. After encouraging delegates to tweet during his session, #AFAau trends #2 in Australia. More on Chris Riddell's session in our conference newsletter, out tomorrow. ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
According to Dundas Global Investors senior partner Alan McFarlane, the true architect of superannuation wasn't Paul Keating - it was Martin Luther. While he admitted it was a long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Australian banks have narrowly dodged the possibility of facing a Royal Commission-style inquiry after a Green's Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry fell short by a single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill ...

Twitter becomes gateway to 30 million 'investment' audience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Nine in 10 financial advisers in the US said they have gained new clients through their social media accounts, research shows. According to a 2016 social media survey by Putnam Investments, there are now more than 30 million Twitter users in the US ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... investors should take note of. "The whole of Asia doesn't sit there thinking about what Trump might do next, what he's going to tweet from the presidential bathroom. It's not just about that. I'm going to wait and see what he does, rather than listen ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... himself, "the time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action." Here one thing's certain, President Trump will tweet first and act later.

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... President of the United States, many investors have been limited to either a wait-and-see attitude or 'buy and sell' on a tweet. It's tough when your investments are riding on mixed signals. The markets are split between those who believe the market ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Just when we thought Halloween was over, things are still going bump day and night. Things like the VIX - "fear" - index. It bumped up to a reading of 22.1 overnight, just six points shorts of this year's high of 28.1 reached on the 11th of February. ...