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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Former Westpac planner banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac financial planner after he was found to have applied a 'one size fits all' advice model. Anthony Bishop of Chelmer, Queensland has been banned from providing financial services for eight years. He provided inappropriate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
A senior manager among AMP Capital's multi-asset group will leave for a new role at Colonial First State in December. AMP Capital senior manager, platforms, tailored investment solutions Jodie Tapscott will leave the firm after more than four years. ...

Decimal enters new super partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Decimal has entered into a commercial agreement with a superannuation business. The software provider will deliver the super business with access to its platform as part of a paid test and learn exercise and will involve implementing a white-label solution ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
The heartbeat of a Productivity Commission review in to superannuation efficiency and competitiveness comes from the same super system that has operated for decades. The Commission will assess Australia's $2 trillion retirement savings structure through ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Australia is falling behind its global counterparts when it comes to returns to economy and performance of built assets, according to the 2016 Global Build Asset Performance Index. Released by Arcadis and developed in conjunction with the Centre for ...

Long way to go on professional standards: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori has warned the journey toward introducing a minimum professional standard is far from over, despite the legislation being tabled last week. Speaking to Financial Standard, De ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is commencing proceedings against ANZ and Macquarie Bank for attempted cartel conduct. ANZ and Macquarie co-operated with the ACCC's investigation, and the parties have agreed that the court will be ...