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Elders FP to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... regional manager Allan Ward looking for a new role alongside EFP national practice development manager Michael Payne. In October it was confirmed the IOOF-aligned dealer group was in discussions over its future. As a small-scale advice group, the company ...

Real estate manager hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... Property, in a role that reports to its chief executive. Lorraine Moore joined APN Property Group as head of sustainability at October end. She reports to APN Property Group chief executive Tim Slattery and Real Estate Securities chief executive Pete ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... APRA's industry-wide focus on improving outcomes for superannuation members. The acquisition was originally announced in October 2017 but was delayed on the back of the Royal Commission. The sale finally went through in October of this year, with IOOF ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... logistics business. Last year, Forbes published an article on XPO with the title 'Better than Amazon?' But, in October 2018 allegations of mistreatment of employees at XPO warehouses first surfaced when the New York Times uncovered several instances ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... gain of 175,000 and the most since January this year. Even better, revisions added a total of 41,000 to September and October employment numbers, bringing the three-month average growth in jobs to 205,000 (up by 29,000). The unemployment rate dropped ...

K2 head of distribution departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... it posts its first pre-tax loss in two decades and shuts down a global equities fund. Nicholas Allen left the role in October, to join listed property manager APN Group. At APN, he will be the head of wholesale. "[In the newly-created role, he will] ...

Former CBA exec takes over at Optus

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... telecommunications giant, after just nine months with the company. She takes over the reins from Allen Lew, who led Optus since October 2014. Lew will oversee parent company Singtel's operations in Thailand from April 2020, taking on the newly-created ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... the fourth quarter economy is starting weaker than the third. Australian retail sales showed no growth in the month of October, down from a 0.2% increase in the previous month and expectations for a 0.3% gain. Year-on-year, retail sales growth slowed ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... industry funds' MySuper returns by 1.8%. The MySuper Index from SelectingSuper returned 10.9% for the 12 months to October end, which is similar to August 2018 levels. But more importantly, the index is on track to approach returns last seen six ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... RBA's interest rate reduction this year (from 1.5% to 1.25% in June and 1% in July - it cut rates again to 0.75% in October) and the Morrison government's tax cuts implemented in July. Recall that, the RBA's optimistic outlook is predicated ...