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Chief economist update: European Central Bank policy U-turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... employment dictates oblige me to do so. Anyway, this is because, as it turned out, the growth slowdown observed over the past few months that Draghi reasoned was due to the "unusually strong growth" of the last four quarters of 2017. This is 0.7% quarterly ...

Why this HNW adviser avoids hedge funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... attractive as the market-cycle matures and volatility worries investors. To get his alternatives exposure, Viola works with a few pure private equity managers. But what he really prefers is syndicated private assets, where a tight group of 30 to 50 investors ...

ASIC releases AFSL approval data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
Of the 1728 new Australian Financial Services Licence applications ASIC considered last financial year, 758 were approved. Close to 200 AFSLs were cancelled in the same period. Latest statistics from ASIC show that of the 758 approvals, 303 comprised ...

ClearView posts first half profit dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... 3% dip in sales and an adverse lapse experience of $2.9 million (driven by price positioning issues, poor outcomes with a few AFSLs and the flow-on-effect from the Life Insurance Framework's caps and rules). These offset the 12% increase in life ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... can be the judge: "While we view current economic conditions as healthy and the economic outlook as favorable, over the past few months we have seen some crosscurrents and conflicting signals. Financial markets became more volatile toward year-end, and ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... Chinese equities back into a bull market. The Shanghai Composite index is now up 20.2% above its nearest low recorded just a few weeks before on 3 January 2019. The natural progression of this piece is for yours truly to define what a bull market is ...

Rich families stingier with charities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Wealthy families gave away a smaller slice of their household income in 2018 compared to those on the other end of the economic spectrum, a new study has found. Roy Morgan found that households bringing in $130,000 to $250,000 in household income gave ...

Macquarie shuffles wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Macquarie's wealth division is about to see a few changes at the top. From April 1, Macquarie head of wealth product and technology Cameron Garrett will head up the firm's wealth intermediary. After leading the firm's wealth products and technology ...

Former Arnhem partners join boutiques

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... competitive advantage and strong ESG characteristics. A third investment professional will join Wright and Maas over the next few months. "Northcape is very pleased to have attracted such high calibre, experienced investment professionals to the firm ...

GAM sacks investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... investors. There remains about $2.1 billion to be liquidated, with GAM anticipating the process will be completed in the next few months. Shortly after the scandal broke, GAM's head of compliance Natalie Baylis left the company after just four months ...