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Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... growth if China's exports suffer from punitive US trade measures." With employment growth still "near a historic high", it's not difficult to speculate the return of Chinese consumers to the retail shops. More importantly, easing growth is exactly what ...

Adviser builds new practice under Elders banner

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
A Melbourne-based financial adviser is building out her own practice, joining the Elders Financial Planning dealer group. Becoming the 24th practice to join Elders since 2016, Marlene Zwarts has moved from a Millennium 3 firm to build out her own business ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
A Parliamentary Joint Committee on life insurance said it is "not convinced" the industry can sufficiently self-regulate and is recommending the co-regulatory approach foreshadowed by ASIC. In its final report, the PJC on Corporations and Financial ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... self-managed superannuation funds received an average cash refund of more than $80,000 in 2014-15," Bowen said. "Labor does not think it is fair to spend $8 billion a year on a tax loophole that mainly benefits millionaires who don't pay income tax - ...

New super fund combats account erosion for young Aussies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... the longest period of time. So it's important to get it right." Student Super members with balances of less than $1000 will not incur fees, with additional discounts in place for balances up to $5000. For higher balances, members are charged 99 basis ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Consumers may not be good at predicting Wall Street's direction but they sure do impact overall economic growth. While renewed market volatility continue to put Wall Street to task, Main Street is taking the goings-on in America - fiscal and monetary ...

ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... corporate guarantees and negative pledges if unsecured. The bank says only 3.8% of its wholesale banking loans pose a risk that is not mitigated by collateral as a percentage of total financial assets. Wholesale deposits swelled too, reaching $10 billion ...

Managed accounts climb to $57bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... financial advisers and their clients increasingly expect from their platforms. The sector's growing attractiveness has drawn not just new market entrants but encouraged established platform players to reconfigure their offerings. "Every one of the major ...

Venerable Aussie asset manager to rebrand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
One of Australia's largest investment managers, with $91 billion in funds under management, is proposing to rename itself to reflect changes in ownership. BT Investment Management is proposing to rebrand as Pendal Group and change its ASX ticker code ...

Aurora repays stolen $1 million

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... "there was no legitimate purpose for any of the transfers from the Aurora Property Buy-Write Trust bank account." "Aurora is not suggesting that third party recipients knew the transfers were fraudulent at the time (other than the perpetrator who was ...