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One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... music boy band -- and there's the Bank of England (BOE). Like the big event of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting - the BOE did what markets expected, it maintained ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Part of the reason for this, according to FINEOS chief executive Michael Kelly, is to meet increasing demand from super funds to "extract maximum value from core systems" while they focus on member engagement. "Our partnership with Sequential delivers ...

No such thing as a must own company: Analyst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... represent high conviction ideas from a universe of global investment opportunities. The fund recently passed $30 million in funds under management and both Lonsec and Zenith have upgraded its rating in the past few months. It is available through most ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... industry," AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said. "We want to support our partnering superannuation funds help their members to better understand the cover they have, why it's important and what they need." SuperEd chief executive ...

ACSI adds AustralianSuper chief to board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Pennisi, and Hostplus chief executive David Elia. ACSI has 29 Australian members, including profit-to-member superannuation funds and asset managers who manage money for the profit-to-member sector. Collectively the super funds and asset managers manage ...

Hastings wins Japanese government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Hastings Funds Management was awarded an infrastructure debt mandate by the $181 billion bank owned by the Japanese government. The Development Bank of Japan, which is managed by the Japanese Minister of Finance and provides investment and loan services ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... through consultation with major institutional clients and engagement with retail customers," he said. Tindall added that funds can continue to be managed effectively under this new framework without compromising investment objectives. Divestment begins ...

ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... no changes to the way employers pay their tax or superannuation, rather "when those payments are made to their employees' funds, the information will be automatically reported to us." STP aims to reduce the risk of businesses falling behind on paying ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... growth. All these because fairy godmother Janet Yellen did what one and all expected - a 25 basis point lift in the federal funds rate to 0.75%-1.0% last night. "In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Generation Y professionals favour short-term investments with only 12% investing in products such as managed funds and ETFs. This is a key finding of KPMG's Banking on the Future 2017 report which shows Gen Y prefers liquid investments that can easily ...