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Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
"The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty." - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney The Bank of England (BOE) finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its ...

Existing but unregistered advisers at risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
Existing financial advisers that don't appear on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register will be forced to complete the new exam by 1 January 2019 if they don't register soon. In new guidance issued by the regulator, only those advisers listed on ASIC's FAR ...

SuperConcepts searches for new CTO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
AMP subsidiary SuperConcepts confirmed it is on the hunt for a new chief technology officer. Incumbent CTO Kurt Groeneveld will exit the business the end of 2018. Prior to joining SuperConcepts, he was the chief executive of Supercorp, a superannuation ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Credit Suisse appointed a new head of private banking Australia, promoting from within. Currently market leader at Credit Suisse Private Banking Australia, Michael Marr will lead the business from August 1. He replaces Alex Wade who, since January 2017 ...

AMP moves to reset business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
AMP is reducing fees on its flagship MySuper products and expediting $290 million in compensation to customers that received bad financial advice. Reflecting plans for the simplification of its superannuation product offering, AMP said it will implement ...

Fund manager boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
A Perth-based funds management firm managing $252 million of assets is welcoming a new head of distribution and chief operating officer. Westoz Funds Management (WFM) has appointed Tim Banfield to lead its distribution efforts, while Jaime Underdown ...

FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its guidance on the professional year that all new advisers will be required to complete from 1 January 2019. FASEA proposes the professional year be designed to ensure the practical learning ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The big news overnight comes courtesy of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) or rather speculations (again) that it's discussing possible changes to its looser-than-loose monetary policy. There are so many combinations and permutations as to what the BOJ would ...

Government super fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former Schroders portfolio management head has snapped the top job at a $27 billion government superannuation fund, after acting in the role for a large part of FY18. GESB, the Western Australian superannuation fund for current and former public sector ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
Some would call it karma, for many it's just the plain and simple truism that a trade war is a lose-lose proposition. In his quest to "make America great again" and under the guise of "national security", US President Donald Trump kicked off with ...