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Millennial disengagement dire for economy: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... Services Council. Only 23% of young adults trust the superannuation industry and 57% say super fees are not transparent enough, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said. The generation between 18 and 34 years old, who in eight years' time will comprise two-thirds ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... automation technology or leverage third-party resources." Improving operational efficiency is important, but it won't be enough - managers will differentiate themselves by managing costs on a structural basis. BCG highlights China as an area of opportunity ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... significant depreciation (9.5%) from this year's high of US$0.7733 recorded in late March. The rationales were rational enough: Australian bond's shrinking yield premium over US Treasuries - from a peak of 42 basis points to a low of 16bps in late May ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... inflation. This means that central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target." Fair enough. Hopefully the BOC doesn't repeat the events of 2010 when it raised interest rates when it raised interest rates by 25 bps ...

HESTA stands up to all-male boards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... long-term value to shareholders, and, therefore, better long-term returns for members. "Any company not looking closely enough at 50% of the population when identifying its next leaders will not attract the best people and performance of the organisation ...

Advice and real estate firms align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... that in time more financial advice firms will follow in Announcer's footsteps. "Announcer is quite fortunate that we have enough scale to have property specialists in-house. The business model of the future will be more and more blended because you want ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... unusual or urgent deals. "We don't fund the loans that banks don't want. Rather, it's the ones they can't do, or fund quickly enough to meet borrower requirements," Greenstein said. To date, Zagga has helped facilitate a number of loans including a $7.15 ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... expects inflation to stabilise around 2% "over the next couple of years" as the labour market continues to strengthen. Fair enough. But how strong does the labour market need to be to get inflation lifting? At 4.3% in May, America's jobless rate has ...

Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... performance is more complex. For advisers it can be difficult to pick currency markets and almost impossible to be nimble enough to implement quick changes across client bases. The State Street Global Equity Fund is optimised from an Australian dollar ...

Finance braces for Amazon effect

EMMA RAPAPORT AND DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Copeland says. He says Australian banks have been quick and aggressive to digitise their products but they haven't gone far enough, especially for high level transactions. "If the financial services sector is going to catch up they need to implement ...