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Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... over the December quarter, but this is payback from the unusually strong 5.1% surge in the previous quarter. However, the trend estimate reveals continued moderation in the quarterly growth rate to 0.4% from 0.6% in the September quarter and 1.1% in ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... way below market expectations for a 0.4% increase. More worrying, the annual growth rate in retail spending remained in a trend deceleration, slowing to 2.1% from 2.5% in December and 2.9% in November 2017. Just as I scribbled on this page back in October ...

Reinvigorated OneVue inches up platform rankings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
OneVue is gaining traction among financial advisers, with its functionality trumping that of Colonial First State's FirstWrap, according to the latest platforms analysis from Investment Trends. Of the 19 full-function platforms studied, OneVue re-entered ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A renewed focus on health and wellbeing is proving to be the key to engaging members with their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the ...

Advice clients demand philanthropic conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... in the community, she added. Australian Unity Trustees executive general manager Emma Sakellaris said another noticeable trend, particularly among younger generations, is the transparency of philanthropic activities. "In the past, Australians tended ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... have to re-think their call. For sure, economic dynamics may change sometime down the road but given the current slowing trend in private sector credit (in spite of record low interest rates) the Australian central bank won't be in a hurry. Total private ...

2018: The year of scaled advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... been driven by members in their 40s wanting insight into select aspects of their financial position. UniSuper expects the trend to continue, anticipating the volume of appointments for scaled advice to overtake that of comprehensive advice this year. ...

HUB24 reports record first half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
HUB24 has seen its largest increase in funds under administration to date as a result of numerous new distribution deals with licensees and the addition of 123 new advisers, half-year results show. The platform's FUA grew by a record $1.4 billion during ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... latest figure brought the annual rate of growth in the core measure down slightly to 2.2% from 2.3%, it hasn't altered the trend acceleration in producer prices. Add to this the US dollar's depreciation that makes the price of imported goods more expensive ...

Institutions suffer financial adviser drain

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... institutional licensees, but given that the majority were moving in the other direction, Rainmaker said this "affirms the trend of advisers moving away from the insto advice segment." About half of the advisers who migrated during the period were coming ...