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Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

Risk commission changes imperil advice practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
As financial advisers adjust their business models to the Life Insurance Framework, many fear the Royal Commission's recommendations will further undermine the viability of their practices. This is according to ClearView's latest survey of 630 financial ...

TAL offers advisers ethics assistance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The life insurer will offer a training course to help financial advisers apply the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's code of ethics. In an effort to help advisers apply the code, TAL is offering a course via its risk academy. Run by ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration ...

Court throws out Aurora fund takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Aurora Funds Management yesterday won court orders against Primary Securities which tried to topple it as the responsible entity for a listed fund in a rogue shareholder meeting on January 15. In January, activist investor Tim Staermose and Primary ...

Chief operating officer joins platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A platform with $3 billion under administration has welcomed its new chief operating officer to the fold. Nigel Singh will lead Integrated Portfolio Solutions' operations, where he will work closely with the technology team and oversee sales efforts ...

ASIC names new default super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
The corporate regulator has named the superannuation fund its employees will now be defaulted into. From July 1, new employees of ASIC who do not nominate a superannuation fund will be defaulted into AustralianSuper. From that time, ASIC will employ ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Maurice Blackburn today filed a class action in the Federal Court suing UBS, Barclays, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The class action alleges the banks colluded to rig foreign exchange rates during a period between January 2008 and ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
As if the world hasn't had enough of the overhanging pall engendered by lingering trade tensions, US President Trump is about to raise the stakes and expand the scope to currency manipulators. This I learned from The New York Times (NYT) on May ...

FASEA reveals exam dates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is calling for registrations to sit the first round of adviser exams. Financial advisers who wish to sit the inaugural FASEA exam have until May 31 to notify the body of their intention to do so. ...