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Advice licensees hit with $1500 levy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
ASIC has introduced a $1500 fixed levy on authorised financial advice licensees to cover the price tag of its costs recovery framework. The graduated levy for licensees comes off the back of the ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill, a law which ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Janet's in the house. US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's much-awaited testimony did not differ greatly from what was already divulged in the FOMC statement released on 14 June - when the Fed raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1%-1.25%. In her ...

HESTA stands up to all-male boards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey penned a letter to all S&P/ASX200 companies urging them to set specific targets and timeframes for the number of women positioned at senior executive level. Blakey said it was "vital" that companies are transparent ...

Countplus launches scholarship

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
ASX-listed financial planning dealer group Countplus launched an annual scholarship program for its senior leaders. Recipients of the Barry Lambert Harvard Business School Scholarship will undertake the 'Leading professional service firms' executive ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A single buyer has snapped up all $800 million of Australian government bonds issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Were it not for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's "package of gifts" delivered on America's 4th of July Independence Day celebrations, the goings-on in China would remain buried on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... levels of unemployment, wages growth is slowing. Average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) slowed to 1.7% in the year to April - marking the fifth straight month of sequential deceleration from the 2.7% annual rate recorded in November 2016. This explains ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund named its first female chair this week. Sydney-based Local Government Super confirmed Woollahra councillor Katherine O'Regan now holds the top board position. O'Regan has been an LGS trustee and director since ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
As if to further underscore the current growth/inflation conundrum, today's reports show continuing strengthening momentum in the world's major economies - one that quickly followed updates on consumer prices indicating not only that inflation remains ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...