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Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

IOOF completes licence conditions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
IOOF provided an update to investors on the state of its licence conditions imposed by APRA in December 2018. The independent reviewer charged with assessing the status of compliance with the licence conditions identified 43 actionable items were required ...

Registration deadline extended: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
ASIC has told Australian financial services licensees that they will not be in breach of the law because their financial advisers were not able to register with ASIC-approved compliances schemes. The original deadline for registering was 1 January 2020. ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

Morningstar bets on advice software

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
The research house is set to acquire AdviserLogic as it looks to add financial planning software to its adviser offering. Morningstar has entered a definitive agreement to acquire AdviserLogic for undisclosed terms, with the transaction expected to ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Super "whatever it takes" Mario Draghi's final outing as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) came and went without much fanfare. The ECB kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Bitcoin increased its market cap by $55 billion after Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must "seize the opportunity" for blockchain technology. "We must take blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies ...

ASIC imposes AFSL conditions on IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
The corporate regulator has imposed additional licence conditions on IOOF Investment Services to improve conflicts management. According to ASIC, IOOF Investments Services Limited (IISL) sought a variation of its licence in order to transfer a managed ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its 'World Economic Outlook' report for October where it slashed its global growth projection to 3.0% this year (from 3.2% forecast in July) before rebounding to 3.4% (downgraded from its ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
BlackRock has merged the teams responsible for sales of its iShares and unlisted managed funds products for its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The unified salesforce will be responsible for distribution of BlackRock's products to asset ...