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Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

Centrepoint Alliance hires from Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... previously and was head of advice technology at the dealer group from 2018 to 2020 before moving to Morningstar. She also worked at TAL and Iress earlier in her career. In her new role, Cabrera will report to Centrepoint Alliance executive, advice services ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR HUB24 - Managed Portfolio Academy BT - BT Academy Allianz Retire+ - Investing in retirement is different TAL - TAL Risk Academy BMO - Multi Asset Solutions INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR Franklin Templeton - MORE Aware Super - Rebrand ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
KPMG says SG contributions should be included in the Commonwealth Paid Parental Scheme, among three recommendations to level the gender gap in the workforce. Its recently published paper Towards a more equal sharing of work says since the 1970s, the ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) May the fourth Board meeting would have been a ho-hum event had it not been for the month of July. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings unchanged - "including the targets of 10 basis points for ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... part of the life insurance leadership team. Hinton was most recently the head of portfolio management for individual life at TAL where she oversaw the commercial performance of the retail and direct businesses. Her career to date spans customer retention ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Just when we thought Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing ...

Iress hires former dealer group chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Iress has hired the former chief executive of Financial Services Partners at IOOF to a newly created senior role. Geoff Kellett has stepped into the position of head of commercial operations, a newly created role at Iress. He departed IOOF at the end ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
AMP chair Deborah Hazelton has dodged heavy-hitting questions from shareholders who demanded transparency on the firm's failure to reign in chaotic leadership changes and why they are the last to know about significant announcements. Shareholders ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The former chief executive of TAL has slammed life insurers' ineptitude in managing disability income products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday ...