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IOOF grows against the grain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
IOOF credited the onboarding of about 50 advisers last financial year as a driving force behind its 131% increase in advice net flows. In what IOOF described as "counter to industry trend", its growing adviser numbers - including the 33 that joined ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... by continued gains in the FTSE-100 index - up 5.2% this year to date and 18.5% since the Brexit referendum. All good... except for wages. For despite low levels of unemployment, wages growth remains sluggish. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses ...

easyMarkets launches SMSF tool, appoints MD

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Growing SMSF investor demand for institutional-grade investment training has led a global markets brokerage to launch a new tool. The SMSF Active Traders Group, operated by easyMarkets, equips SMSF trusses with strategies, methodologies and the risk ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... negate (if lower) current perceptions of the RBA's hawkish leaning. But in parallel with current developments in the UK (except for the appreciating Australian dollar), the RBA's reaction would not and should not be dictated by one set of inflation numbers. ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...

ASIC audits limited AFSLs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
ASIC recently audited 20 limited AFSL holders to assess how they were faring with their obligations following the removal of an exception for accountants to give advice on SMSFs in July last year. ASIC found licensees were uncertain about steps they ...

QIC appoints investments director from LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... director, global business development David Asplin. QIC also appointed Reza Basharzad to the same position as Wilkinson, except in the group's Los Angeles office. Basharzad, who joins QIC having been senior vice president at Paladin Realty Partners ...

JANA selects data solutions provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
Investment consultant JANA has announced the appointment of a new data management provider. Melbourne-based Curium Data Systems will provide greater control and oversight across JANA's operational and investment data. This will enable JANA's operational ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased by 6% to $56 billion with all states except Northern Territory showing an increase. Industry Super Australia has been one group supporting the idea of further agriculture ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... would remain buried on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to China, good news is no news. Except for US president Trump's renewed import tariff threat to China -- because it doesn't "help us" rein in Pyongyang - Beijing's ...