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AMP Capital appoints operations lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... investment management arm on an interim basis. The move comes as current chief financial officer and chief operations officer John Patrick (JP) Moorhead was named the new chief financial officer of AMP Limited. Williams, who has served the firm across ...

Financial Standard names editor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... Sood; journalist Harrison Worley and regular contributors from the research and investments team at Rainmaker group, Ben Ong, John Dyall and Alex Dunnin. Michelle Baltazar will be the publisher of both mastheads, Financial Standard and Money. "I am incredibly ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... proceedings by announcing a pause in its quest to bring monetary policy back to normality, punctuated by NY Fed president John Williams' recent comment that the Fed funds rate is now at neutral. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifted its policy ...

Interest in early access to super rises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... they change jobs between the ages of 60 and 65, even if they continue working in a new job," AMP technical strategy manager John Perri said. "However, super benefits can be accessed as a tax-free lump sum during this period, or used to commence a retirement ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... example. The same thing is happening now as I write. The Fed's on pause -- New York Federal Reserve president John Williams only recently declared that the fed funds rate is now at neutral - the ECB has just announced LTRO III; the BOJ governor saying ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... Australia to hold the office of Assistant Treasurer; and later, as Communications Minister, she was alongside Prime Minister John Howard as he announced the sale of then government-owned Telstra. After she left Canberra, Coonan built a portfolio of board ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... measure says, that the official cash rates should be at 1.0%. The two rate cuts camp has it! New York Fed President John Williams revealed that the current fed funds rate, "puts us right at neutral." The same thing Financial Standard published a week ...

Grandfathered commissions ban unconstitutional: Association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
A financial advice industry association is looking to take the Government to the High Court over the planned ban on grandfathered commissions, arguing the changes may not be constitutionally valid. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals ...

Spousal top ups to beat super balance inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... restrictions, withdrawal restrictions, and lack of flexibility and impact of spousal contribution measures," SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said. "In our opinion, a rollover measure would be far more effective." The association is also calling for ...

Industry fund sees boost in additional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... said. So far, out of 200 people only 15 have chosen to opt out. Commenting, Swan Hill Rural City Council chief executive John McLinden said: "The employer superannuation contribution increasing from 9.5% to 11% over three years was introduced through ...