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The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Portfolio manager Scott Kelly recently spoke to Financial Standard about how he determines what qualifies as quality. Kelly begins by explaining the five factors DNR use to determine quality, adding that an additional ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
What better to focus the minds of the Australian Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer than a general election coming to a theatre near us - no later than May next year. This time is not different. The government of the day is going out here, there and ...

Regtech scores deal with US bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
Sydney and Ireland based regtech Kyckr has signed a five-year data licensee agreement with a US bank, under which the bank will have access to 200 regulated primary sources of corporate intelligence across 120 territories. The un-named bank will be ...

ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
ANZ will no longer factor in sales incentives while calculating bonuses for its financial planners and boot them out if they fail an audit twice, the bank announced today. As ANZ attempts to revive its advice business after Royal Commission hearings ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Argentinian central bank lifted interest rates, a move intended to stem the sharp and rapid depreciation of the Argentine peso and by extension put downward pressure on inflation. Whoa! Fret not whether the Fed is going to raise interest rates by ...

Former industry fund CEO moves to AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
The former chief executive of an $11 billion industry superannuation fund recently joined AMP in a role that will focus on new and existing group insurance clients. Former Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert moved to AMP in April. He ...

Macquarie platform, wrap businesses soar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Macquarie Group's platform, wrap and managed accounts businesses performed strongly in the full-year to 31 March 2018, latest financial results show. Macquarie Wrap and Vision held $82.5 billion in funds under management, jumping 14% from the previous ...

Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
A global investment firm with $176 billion in assets under management will undergo a corporate restructure. Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) will convert from a partnership to a corporation on July 1, in a move which is designed to attract new investors. ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
After the US-China "my tariffs are broader and bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, it's time for talks to bargain, hassle, negotiate and compromise. It's been nearly a month since America and China have exchanged tariff threats amounting to US$50 billion ...

CBA finds no evidence of customer data breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Following an investigation by KPMG, the Commonwealth Bank said no evidence was found that customer information was compromised when two magnetic tapes went missing in 2016. The tapes in question contained customer names, addresses, account numbers and ...