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Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
"Suddenly the wheels are in motion. And I, I'm ready to sail any ocean. Suddenly I don't need the answers. Cause I, I'm ready to take all my chances with you." - Olivia Newton-John Oh yes Virginia, the wheels are surely in motion...suddenly. The Dow ...

Go your own way: AXA IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Investors should not be afraid to run against the pack in 2018, with recent history demonstrating that taking a contrarian view can pay off. That was a key takeaway from AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities - Asia, Mark Tinker, when ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur warns investors that 2018 will unlikely deliver the euphoric levels of financial market returns experienced in 2017. Speaking at this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Baur ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...

JBWere team joins Koda Capital

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
A JBWere executive director and two advisers from the same firm will take up new roles as partners at Koda Capital. Former JBWere executive director Frank Macindoe joins Koda's Sydney office. He was previously a partner at Blake Dawson for about 20 ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Now we've seen it all - the "most hated bull market in history" and the "most widely-expected correction." To wax pedantic about this, the Dow and the S&P 500's big drop on the 5 February 2018 does not even fit the technical definition of a correction ...

General advice "misleading": Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The Productivity Commission is calling for the existing notion of general advice to be scrapped. In its draft report into competition in the Australian financial system, the Productivity Commission argues the use of the term 'advice' should be limited ...

CBA puts away $500m for regulatory costs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Commonwealth Bank posted a $4.7 billion after-tax profit in the first half of FY18 and its wealth management arm was a standout performer. However the bank has also put aside more than $500 million for ongoing legal and customer remediation costs. CBA's ...

Investec unveils succession plan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Three of Investec's founding members will step down from their respective roles 40 years after establishing the South African bank and investment management firm. Investec Group chief executive Stephen Koseff, managing director Bernard Kantor, and risk ...

Advisers can fill aged care demand gap: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The growing demand for aged care planning will shift financial advisers' service offering and provide a new source of revenue in the medium-term, a joint study by Aged Care Steps and Swiss Re reveals. The research, which explored the challenges and ...