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Saxo revamps margin trading facility

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... stocks, bonds and ETFs for trades including contracts for difference, foreign exchange, futures and options, rather adding extra cash for collateral. Any of these assets available through Saxo's SaxoTraderGO platform - or transferred to a client's Saxo ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... US employment grew by a less than expected 156K in December (though this was offset by an upward revision that added an extra 19K employed in October and November) and the unemployment rate inching up to 4.7% from 4.6%. However, I agree with Atlanta ...

Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
It's that time of the year again where everyone gets to start with a clean slate. Ned Dane, head of private client group at US-based wealth manager OppenheimerFunds wrote an article late last month on how financial advisers should ring in the New Year. ...

AIA revamps income protection suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
AIA made multiple changes to its flagship income protection product series, Priority Protection. If AIA's health and wellness program, AIA Vitality, is attached, new customers will receive an initial 7.5% discount for all income protection and business ...

Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... and Lambert began advertising his services in the Yellow Pages. There was a problem, though - much as Lambert wanted the extra income, it was becoming impossible for him to travel all over Sydney to do the work, especially after spending a whole day ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
At long last - after 12 long months of toing and froing speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Ahead of the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur says he is certain the US election changed the financial market's consensus narrative. "Before 8 November, the storyline was ultra-low interest rates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... recorded in April, May June this year. Philippine consumer confidence Despite all the negative goings-on in the Philippines - extra-judicial killings, terrorist bombing, Marcos' burial protests, among others - consumer confidence continues to rise since ...

Burgess to chair Yarra Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Former managing director and president of the Future Fund, Mark Burgess, will become independent chair of a GSAM spinoff following the completion of a management buyout. Slated for the end of December, the completion of the management buyout of GSAM's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...