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Adviser performance data vital to remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
In-depth communication of business performance data in financial advice practices can play a key role in motivating team members and the creation of remuneration packages, latest research shows. The inaugural Adviser Remuneration Report from Elixir ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement was more or less a copy ...

Global manager begins alternative risk premia push

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... outcomes. And if you do a really good job you'll see significant growth in those outcomes," he said. "When I'm in a board meeting and I say that I run multi-asset, you can often see the confusion. Is it multi-manager, is it tactical asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... manner". The Bank of Japan (BOJ) couldn't be clearer on its forward guidance following the conclusion of its first Board meeting for 2018 where it kept monetary policy settings as they were in 2017 - interest rate at -0.1%; 10-year JGBs at around 0% ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint market expectations when it conducted its last board meeting for 2017. The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate where it had been since August 2016, at a record low 1.5%. The December ...

Industry fund chair steps down after three decades

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... firms where he advised on banking and finance law. The new chair of BUSSQ will be announced following the December board meeting.

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... Australian central bank's expectations on the direction of iron ore prices. The minutes of the RBA's 5 September Board meeting revealed members' discussion about "the influence of China on the global iron ore and steel markets more generally" and their ...

FASEA announces first focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... developing a framework for accrediting providers of approved degrees for new industry entrants. Following its October board meeting, FASEA released the structure of the degree requirement pathway for new entrants to the financial advice industry. As ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
It was a ho-hum event, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 3 October board meeting, that is. The Australian central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected. This takes to 14 the number of months the RBA has kept the official interest ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international and domestic economies and the property market - "although ...