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AFIC director retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
A director at the Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) is retiring today after a five-year stint on the board. Retiring from the AFIC board is Jacqueline Hey, a member of the company's investment committee and nomination committee. She has ...

Local Government Super chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
The chief executive of Local Government Super, David Smith, has resigned less than two years in the role. Smith joined the $11 billion superannuation fund in September 2017. LGS confirmed that deputy chief executive Donna Heffernan will take the top ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
It's ironic that for a country known as the United Kingdom, there seems to be an absence of well, unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 ...

3.5 million Aussies give financial advice to friends and family: Roy Morgan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Roy Morgan research shows millions of Australians are trusted advisers to their friends and family when it comes to finance and investment decisions. The research shows more than 17% of Australians are asked to advise on the financial matters of their ...

Aristotle enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Global investment manager Aristotle is entering the Australian market via a distribution agreement with Plus Capital Management. Third-party marketing business Plus Capital will focus on introducing Aristotle's global equity strategy to Australian ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
About this time last year, financial markets were awash with speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing a monetary policy exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January 2018 ...

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission is calling for an independent public inquiry into group insurance and floated the possibility of tougher regulation that includes sharper ASIC oversight, among other recommendations. Recommendation 18 in the Productivity ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
I hear ya! US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had already come out declaring something along these lines at his first outing for 2018. Still, it's more comforting to have all the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) put their imprimatur in ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The world's largest ETF manager and Canada's largest asset manager are looking to transform the Canadian ETF market through a new strategic alliance. BlackRock and RBC Global Asset Management announced a partnership that will deliver the most comprehensive ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers. Overall, the life insurance sector grew steadily by 1.7% year-on-year and reached $16.5 billion. However, it was a mixed result for the ...