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Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... GDP growth forecasts to 1.9% this year (from an earlier forecast of 1.8%) and 1.8% in 2018 (from 1.7%). These are reasons enough to justify market expectations that the ECB would soon announce forward guidance on tapering its QE programme, at the very ...

Baby boomers lag on retirement planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... professional help in managing the taxes associated with their investments, though 27% said their adviser is not offering enough help, if any. Despite this, only 58% of investors say they would change their adviser to get more help with taxes. The report ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... country would remain in the European Union's (EU) single market and customs union. As Bloomberg put it, "May wouldn't have enough votes in Parliament to support her vision of a hard Brexit, and would find it very difficult to pass laws, one minister ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

Review life insurance ahead of super reforms: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... vary each year - as they generally do with life insurance," Leong said. Leong added insurance advice should be flexible enough to provide appropriate and easy solutions at any time, with some policies allowing increases to covers periodically such as ...

Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... not blowin' in the wind, it's in the same report. Wages and salaries grew by a paltry 0.3% in the March quarter, not even enough to compensate for the December 2016's 0.5% quarter on quarter fall. Wages and salaries increased by only 0.9% in the year ...

Banking and Finance Oath secures strong conference program

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... and ethical foundations in financial services. Banking and Finance Oath executive Cris Parker said the industry has heard enough about bank scandals and greed, and the conference will provide an opportunity to explore the crucial role individuals play ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... issue. The latest paper from emerging markets equities manager Remerga says part of the problem may be there hasn't been enough innovation in the management fee regime. Remerga's paper argues that while the traditional practice of charging asset size-based ...

Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Asset managers are not doing enough to actively engage and create meaningful dialogue with investee companies, an international survey shows. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which has ¥144.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets, sought ...

Advice industry must not rest on laurels: Diamantidis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... advisers to say no to being part of the 'shoulds' and to work on becoming part of the 'wants'. "Twenty per cent isn't good enough. I believe 30-40% isn't good enough - we need to hit 50% of people getting financial advice in this country...It means the ...