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Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... supplier the US." This should give Australia a window to step in as substitute supplier. The problem is, according to The Land newspaper: "Whilst Australian sorghum retains some advantages over US origin grain by the way of tariff structure and quality ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Amid the major banks lowering their lending participation rates, Qualitas sees a boom in the private debt real estate segment over the medium term. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz said private ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Investment in exchange-traded funds can no longer be "phoned in" especially when the products are viewed as a transcendent technology that will reshape the traditional fund landscape. Using the analogy that smartphones have become less about calling ...

You got me at like: Advisers tap social to retain clients

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Social-savvy financial advisers share their winning strategies at the AFA conference. Sam Robinson from Pursue Wealth, Nicole Heales from Nicole Heales Financial and Glen James from Fortify Financial have one thing in common: they are all certified ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund. Tasplan appointed MetLife to deliver insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Aussie millennials are reluctant to consolidate their superannuation or take on risk while investing after six months of Royal Commission revelations, according to new research. Micro-investing platform Raiz Invest found that nearly 58% millennials ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
The NZ Super Fund delivered 12.43% in FY18, beating its passive reference portfolio benchmark by 2.02% and is now bracing for a changing economic landscape. The $39 billion fund has reaped the rewards of its growth-asset allocations but is now reducing ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
AMP Capital has has completed its divestment of $440 million in tobacco manufacturing-related holdings from across all its equity and fixed income investments. This is the largest divestment tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager ...

Former Macquarie advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
Two former Macquarie financial advisers received ASIC bans for dishonest conduct, including deliberate attempts to mislead the institution's compliance team. Mark Alexander Landau and Marcus Roderick Campbell have both been banned from providing financial ...

New tech for the new advice world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
A new financial planning software solution that removes the need for paraplanners has been launched to the market. Advice Intelligence has launched a software platform that enables financial advisers and clients to co-create the advice journey, informed ...