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Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... all suggest the tepid growth in wages (reported only a day before) - unchanged at 2.3% in the year to March 2019 from the third and fourth quarters of 2018 - would remain lacklustre going forward. Not only that, while total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

Former UBS AM research lead joins fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... Milford's growth in Australia." She will commence in the new role on July 29. Expanding its Australian presence, this marks the third appointment for Milford this year, having also hired head of distribution Regan van Berlo and Australian dealer ...

Advisers forgo charitable conversations: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... half (54%) of the financial advisers polled do not have charitable giving conversations with clients, although more than a third want to embed it in the near future. Australian Unity Trustees executive general manager Emma Sakellaris says discussing ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... restoring trust. From a rating of 60% at the beginning of 2018, trust in financial advice declined to a low of 35.6% in the third quarter of 2018."

Bennelong adds Asian equities boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
Bennelong Funds Management's UK subsidiary has added a third boutique, and is planning to introduce Australian versions of the funds later this year. BennBridge's new boutique called BambuBlack will invest in Asian equities through two funds ...

CBA remediation bill crosses $2bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... Commonwealth Bank has seen $714 million added to its remediation bill, pushing its total to date over $2.17 billion. The third quarter addition was flagged by CBA in company filings this morning. So far, CBA has spent or provisioned $534 million on remediating ...

Super funds grapple with PYSP deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... to be around uncertainty and differing interpretations of the PYSP legislation and regulations. "Software providers and third-party administration service providers could find implementation particularly tricky where multiple trustee clients have different ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... arrival of international insurtechs, which now account for 30% of the market. Raising capital appears to be improving as a third of insurtechs have secured more than $2 million, up from 24% in 2018. But more work is needed to ensure that access to capital ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... labour market remains strong. The country's unemployment rate has trended lower since the 6.7% high recorded in the third quarter of 2012 to a near 10-year low of 4.2% in the March 2019 quarter. With regards inflation, both the RBA and the RBNZ remained ...