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Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... Investors appear to be taking a more pragmatic assessment of risk." More than half (58%) of Aussie investors said their country presents the best investment opportunities over the next year. As their top asset class pick for next year, 41% chose domestic ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... IFM Investors to make investments to help build Australia's future. "Another priority will be how we can build the country in partnership with the government," Combet said. "We want to deploy the capital we have [on projects that] deliver returns ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... Australia and New Zealand for GQG Partners. He will also serve as head of Australia, overseeing its first office in the country. To date, GQG Partners' products have been distributed in Australia by Pacific Current Group. That partnership will wrap up ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... matched with the best policies, and ultimately end up funding high commissions through high premiums," the report reads. The country's Financial Markets Authority and the RBNZ are currently undertaking a review of the conduct and culture of New Zealand's ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on its Business Indicators, Australia report for the third quarter of this year makes for sober reading for investors dabbling in the country's share market (that makes all Australians ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... promote themselves in their own words in a way that resonates with investors. "The investment management industry in this country has, until now, largely communicated to its retail audience via intermediaries, such as financial advisers. OpenInvest gives ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Financial Standard launches its FS Power50 guide today, recognising the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia as voted by the industry. In compiling the list, Financial Standard defined "influential" as individuals who have been or continue ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... legacy, and my own passion to see the continued advancement of naturopathic education and critical health research in this country," Blackburn said. "We have a responsibility to respond to the growing health care needs of Australia and evidence-based ...

Asset managers join diversity program

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... "The initiative will ramp up next year, with our National Investments Competition to be run in universities across the country in partnership with the University Network of Investing and Trading society," she said. "We're looking forward to placing the ...