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Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) did as it was expected - it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% at the conclusion of its June 26 meeting. Understandably, another interest rate reduction only a month after it handed out ...

Australian Ethical chief executive to depart

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... a special company that has been at the forefront of responsible investing and the profit with purpose movement in this country." "After nine years at the helm I feel now is the right time to hand over to fresh leadership to take Australian Ethical to ...

Aberdeen Standard hires retirement head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... after spending time on secondment in Malaysia, developing the retirement framework for the Employees Provident Fund, the country's compulsory savings and retirement fund for private sector workers. ASI managing director Brett Jollie said Nyilas' experience ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... "India is positioned to be the highest growth market, growing as much as 33% in the next 10 years and benefitting from the country's strong economic growth, a steady stream of engineers from its universities, a growing middle class, and its population's ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
Speculation may be mounting over one or two Fed rate cuts (one, two or three for the RBA) going forward, but there are no such similar expectations for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). With the BOJ's policy rate currently at negative 0.1% and its "yield ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... focus. So we decided to blend with this product," Hamilton said. The firm has two other partners, Ian Gillies who was country head for wealth planning at Credit Suisse Private Banking and John Green who was the head of markets at NAB Private Wealth. ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... at the time of launch, including Alibaba, Tencent, Samsung Electronics and Ping An Insurance Group. Top allocations by country are in China (26%), South Korea (14.7%), Taiwan (10.9%), India (10.5%) and by sector are in financials (26.7%), information ...

Industry fund appoints advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... subsequently played an integral role in positioning Statewide Super as one of the leading superannuation brands in the country," D'Alessandro said. Kristyn Verrall will now have oversight of organisational strategy, in addition to her previous responsibilities ...

Super figures point to NSW victory

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... are edging out their Queensland opponents 3-2 across five key categories: MySuper products among the top 10 funds in the country Lifecycle products among the top 10 Average fees Default death and TPD insurance premiums Default income protection premiums ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore." The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.25% takes the country's monetary policy into uncharted waters. More uncharted it would be if JP ...