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Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
Three out of three central banks kept monetary settings unchanged at their most recent meetings - what's more important is where the central banks think we are and where they plan to take us. The minutes of the meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
ASIC banned a Perth-based financial adviser for five years following an investigation as part of the regulator's life insurance lapse data project. Philip Leake is banned from providing financial services for five years after failing to act in his clients' ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed the Grattan Institute's key proposals to close the persistent gender gap in superannuation. Grattan Institute fellow Brendan Coates authored a white-paper that said superannuation ...

Small cap boutique appoints investments GM from Perennial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
Perennial's former general manager of investment services, who departed in January after 11 years, is taking on a new role for an Australian boutique asset manager. Brian Thomas has been appointed general manager of business and investments at Eight ...

Former Charter adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
A former Charter Financial Planning adviser is permanently banned for dishonestly charging clients more than $65,000 in fees. ASIC has banned Brenton John Poynter of Baulkham Hills in NSW from providing financial services after an investigation found ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
It's certainly welcomed but nothing to write home about. I speak about the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report that revealed growth in total wages accelerated to 2.1% in the December quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. ...

Vertically aligned institutions pay $21.4m compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
ASIC said clients of the big four banks and AMP who received non-compliant financial advice will be compensated a further $21.4 million. This adds to the $30 million compensation bill ASIC announced in March 2017 after it investigated how large institutions ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
Australians, all, will find out if overall wages in the domestic economy has run faster, slower or continue to mark time when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Wage Price Index report for the December 2017 quarter today. Consensus ...

Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
Doggone! The latest batch of money and credit data out of China would have anyone think that President Xi and Premier Li's promise to reduce financial risks by cracking down on debt, excessive leverage, risky loans (through shadow banking) has gone ...

Lennox launches micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned Australian equities boutique Lennox Capital Partners is launching a new micro-cap fund. The Lennox Australian Microcap Fund will hold between 20 and 40 Australian and New Zealand companies and aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ...