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Chief economist update: Weak household consumption now a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... encourage consumers and businesses to borrow and spend. But it's also clear that already record low interest rates have (so far) been impotent in boosting consumer and business confidence. Other world central banks have been begging for fiscal support ...

Boutique hires CBA's credit strategy lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... markets business and Martin Ryan who has since retired and sold his interest in the company. It has raised about $3 billion so far in its credit funds, with an investor base of high-net-worths, family offices and institutional investors coming in through ...

The cost of mental illness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... for mental health treatment because we know that with early intervention the chance of recovery and of returning to work is far increased." She added that it is important life insurers' staff are well trained in interacting with people with mental illnesses ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... advisers have dropped off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register since the beginning of this year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC FAR shows, as of yesterday, there is 25,330 advisers practicing in Australia. This is down from a high of 28,863 in January ...

Link Advice partners with $12bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
Link Advice signed a deal to support the in-house telephone financial advice services of a $12 billion superannuation fund. Link Advice has partnered with LGIAsuper as the fund aims to meet increased demand for financial planning services. According ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it announced a big one (so far) a month prior (in September), where Mario's parting gift to the Eurozone economy and financial markets everywhere was ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Akindred which was set up by former head of Credit Suisse Asset Management Will Britten. It has raised roughly $300 million so far, from primarily US and Canadian investors, Akindred head of sales David Edwards said. Unison was set up in 2006 and has ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... much better system than they had before." He was clear that while the current super system offers women a better deal, it is far from perfect. "They had a terrible system. It was a rorting system. It ripped the money out of the hands of women and put ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Zurich was now a large, multi-channel insurer and believed it had the opportunity to become a leader in the group sector. "So far the market response has been very positive, and we believe the strength of our local team and offering represents a strong ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... profitability (or not) of proceeding with its investment plans. This helps explain the seeming impotence of the RBA's rate cuts so far - from five years ago when then RBA chief Glenn Stevens declared that, "I've allowed the horse to come to the ...