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Fintechs face marketing battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
The constant uphill battle faced by Australian fintech start-ups to enter the local marketplace is evidenced by research suggesting these new players pose little threat to the industry. A Yell Creative survey of 150 financial marketers found more than ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... you look at, one or the other is in the lead. However, the majority of polls give Clinton the win. But didn't the polls predict "Bremain" not "Brexit" not too long ago. But didn't the polls predict a "hung UK Parliament" in May's UK elections last year? ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Retail investment is continuing to dominate the Australian ETF market and the sector is expected to gain further traction among high net worth and mass affluent investors. This is one of the key takeaways from the fourth annual EY global ETF survey ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
You can bet the house on your favourite steed come 1 November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message ...

Centrepoint partners to enhance underwriting processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has teamed up with a medical services provider to improve the underwriting process for clients and advisers. The dealer group has joined forces with Health Predictions to launch a new initiative, Centrepoint Healthscreen, to offer ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
They were priced at US$26.01 and US$26.91 with Standard Chartered Bank even going on record predicting that prices could drop to US$10 before "money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far". These were the price of a barrel of ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

Managed accounts market likely bigger than thought

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The Australian managed accounts market is well on the way to achieving Morgan Stanley's $60 billion FUM by 2020 prediction, with data released by the Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) indicating the market has more than doubled since ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016