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Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... shown some noticeable cooling in recent months, albeit that that cooling remains consistent with a "soft-landing"." Nigel Green, chief executive of deVere Group, said the Fed "must not now lose its nerve" and continue the rate cutting well into 2025. ...

AMP BOLR litigants face lengthy payout process

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Despite the Federal Court greenlighting the AMP Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) lawsuit settlement amount, there is still a long way to go before financial advisers can have peace of mind with the payout process to potentially draw out to mid-2025. This ...

Rest hires two general managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... experience for members, the fund rolled out a visual rebrand earlier this week. The fund has simplified its logo and changed to a green colour palette, dropping the shades of blue it adopted in 2018.

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... growing in line with the pre-pandemic trend." Despite the weaker than expected figures, Smith said there are still some green shoots in the economy. "The economy has likely reached the bottom of the trough, while interest rates have now clearly peaked. ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
ClearBridge Investments has launched the Global Value Improvers Fund, which aims to provide exposure to undervalued companies and those that are currently improving on ESG measures. This comes after ClearBridge launched its first global equity option ...

Rest rebrands with new look

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... simple for its two million members. Rest's logo has been updated with a different typography, exclusively in the colour green. Rest chief member officer Deborah Potts said the goal is to make it easy for members to build a relationship with their ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has introduced a bill to stop the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) from investing in housing projects financed by Cbus. The bill would amend the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 to include an additional limitation ...

CFS, Bravura, Elemnta team up to enhance FirstChoice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... said this "significant enhancement" will afford advisers more time to focus on their clients. Elemnta chief executive Shaun Green said as former advisers, the company understands the challenges within the advice ecosystem. "Both CFS and Midwinter share ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... basis points (3.2%) in its inflation index in July, the lowest level since April 2021. deVere group chief executive Nigel Green suggested the Fed was already behind the curve globally on the rate hiking and easing cycle, and said it shouldn't make ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...