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Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Equity Trustees halted applications into and redemptions from two GAM Investments funds following the suspension of the global manager's fixed income investment director. In a letter to unitholders, Equity Trustees - as responsible entity for the ...

Productivity Commission proposes more changes to financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The financial advice industry is bracing itself for more proposed changes to approved product lists (APLs), remuneration and terminology following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the state of competition in Australia's financial system. ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... really an earth-shattering revelation but it confirms the stagnant growth in wages in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report and portends that the June quarter would not be much different from the 2.1% growth in ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The financial services Royal Commission will put Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system under the spotlight over the next two weeks and legal experts say a key question is whether conflicts of interest are influencing super funds and letting ...

FASEA clarifies foreign degrees mistake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority issued a clarification as to which body will assess foreign qualifications under the new professional standards. In releasing its initial guidance on foreign qualifications last week, FASEA advised ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
ARCO fund manager George Colman says the absolute return fund has taken a "modest" net short position on Australian financials, as he sees regulatory developments compounding the spike in wholesale funding costs and credit cycle risks. Regional banks ...

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Women are falling behind in almost all aspects of financial literacy and by considerable measure, according to the latest HILDA survey. For the latest study, University of Melbourne researchers administered a five-point financial literacy test, assessing ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
The chairman of NRMA has been appointed to the board of a $25 billion international equities manager. Platinum Asset Management is welcoming Tim Trumper to its board, with the NRMA chairman set to begin his tenure as a non-executive director at Platinum ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Nobody expected action from the European Central Bank's (ECB) July 26 meeting. The Bank did not disappoint. It kept its benchmark repo rate at 0% - so were the rates on its deposit facility (-0.4%) and marginal lending facility (0.25%) - and repeated ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter from 1.9% in the ...