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Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... regulatory approval. He will also take Fass's spot on the group management committee, and chair the EMEA management committee. A third appointment, made on January 14, sees Macquarie Group's US country head Shawn Lytle take on the role of MIM's global ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... three months of last year. UK GDP growth slowed to a mere 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2018 following growth of 0.6% in the third quarter. Just as the BOE explained, this "reflects softer activity abroad and the greater effects from Brexit uncertainties ...

Industry fund launches new integrated platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... wanted the same data accessibility across all systems. The process of incorporating additional applications, including new third-party offerings, was accelerated due to the availability of Boomi APIs," it said in a statement. HESTA general manager (information ...

Sunsuper merges with corporate super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... is the asset consultant. Sunsuper has about 1.3 million members and $57 billion in assets under management. This is its third merger in the last two years. Kinetic Super, which had $3 billion and more than 270,000 members, announced its merger with Sunsuper ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
"Growth rates for many of the euro area economies have been marked up, especially for Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, reflecting the stronger momentum in domestic demand and higher external demand. Growth in Spain, which has been well above potential ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... dynamic is that the global strategic order dominated by US's military and economic power is now being destabalised. "The third, the weakness is that the weakness in western political institutions [the splintering of politically parties and community] ...

Grandfathered commissions deadline challenging: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
The removal of grandfathered commissions by 2021 is not as simple as it sounds, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. Acknowledging the recommendation and subsequent announcement of a deadline for removal by Government was inevitable ...

Australians prioritise car cover over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... their own lives, latest research shows. The majority of Australians (71%) have a car policy in place, while less than a third (31%) will make an effort to take out life insurance, comparison website Finder found in its latest survey. Of the total 2013 ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... consumers, small business and rural and remote communities." "Second, they raise accountability and governance standards. Third, they enhance the effectiveness of regulators. Fourth, they provide for remediation for those harmed by misconduct," Frydenberg ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... now step up a gear. In just the past two years the share of advisers in boutique non-aligned advice groups has jumped one third from 30% to 40%. Illustrating this, AMP is losing 20 financial advisers a month. Mild mannered regulators have been targeted ...