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Charter Hall Direct bolsters distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... joined as state distribution manager for Western Australia and South Australia from Acure Asset Management where she was national distribution manager. Oldfield held distribution roles at FIIG Securities and Aspen Group. Meanwhile, Paul Ramsay has been ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its "National Accounts" report for the June 2021 quarter, and it was good... nay, it was great! The report showed the economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, taking ...

Milford adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... head of Australian business Kristine Brooks, who joined from Zurich last year. The firm said the July hires complete its national distribution team. In May, Milford hired Murray Pell as head of wholesale distribution from Macquarie Bank, where he was ...

IOOF hires from AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... administration (FUA) being migrated onto Evolve. The company also recently completed its acquisition of MLC Wealth from National Australia Bank, adding 406 financial advisers to IOOF and making key appointments. The merger has also doubled the size of ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... have very good reasons for their earlier than promised tightening. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'National Accounts' show the Australian economy expanded by 1.8% in the March 2021 quarter - the third consecutive quarter of growth ...

Lifespan appoints investment expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... planning, investment management and retirement sectors. He was previously the head of retirement at NAB Wealth and JANA, national manager of retirement at Colonial First State, and head of wealth management for Australia and New Zealand at Mercer. Lifespan ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... the 2021/22 Budget. This surge in business confidence translated into increased private investment with the National Accounts tracking a 5.3% increase in the March 2021 quarter and 3.6% higher from a year before - the first year-on-year increase sine ...

ASIC cancels AFSLs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... licence (ACL). Direct My Wealth also failed to maintain its membership with AFCA. "Under the Corporations Act 2001 and National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, ASIC may suspend or cancel an AFSL and ACL if the licensee is no longer providing financial ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... ongoing merger activity - which kept up during COVID but will now accelerate, mostly in the industry funds sector," KPMG national sector leader, asset & wealth management Linda Elkins said. "Over the next few years, we will see an increase in scale of ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... strengthened. The sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic remain weak but have shown improvement". The US National Accounts released the day after backs up the Fed's statement. Preliminary estimates showed that the US economy expanded at ...