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Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... report that showed a strong surge in employment and correspondingly rising wages. US employment increased by 250,000 in October after the addition of 118,000 workers on payrolls in the previous month. This is sharply higher than market expectations for ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... monitoring body. AFA chief executive Phil Kewin also confirmed the association lodged its expression of interest before the October 31 deadline. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the association believes "financial planners and their clients can ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... perfect certainty" before acting on policy. But that was August. The BOE kept monetary policy unchanged at its September and October meetings - Bank Rate at 0.75% and maintained "the stock of UK government bond purchases, financed by the issuance of ...

Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... The Carter Group (now in external administration). He was an authorised representative of PIS between September 2010 and October 2011. ASIC alleged that Birk withdrew cheques from a client's superannuation account without authorisation and deceived ...

NAB signals more bad advice remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... the group. "The potential outcome and total costs associated with this investigation remain uncertain," it said. On 12 October 2018, ASIC announced it will expand its activities to include an industry-wide review of compliance with requirements for fee ...

FSC appoints UBS, Mercer heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Ben Walsh and UBS Asset Management Australia chief executive Bryce Doherty were elected at the annual general meeting on October 29. They replace outgoing directors ANZ deputy chief executive Alexis George and MLC Super chief executive Matthew Lawrence. ...

ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... million on the prior year. ANZ completed the sale of its aligned dealer groups and transferred legal ownership to IOOF on 1 October 2018. One year prior, it announced it divested OnePath's pension and investments, and four aligned dealer groups to ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... stage the global economy remains strong, and we see the benefits outweighing the risks," Barker said in the fund's October investment update. AustralianSuper had about 7% of its $140 billion pool of members assets invested in Australian fixed interest ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... activity in the region was off to a weak start in the fourth quarter. The heading of Markit Economics' PMI report for October speaks for itself: "Business growth slowest for over two years, optimism hits four-year low" And its key findings make for ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... skills to do that work," Davis said in an online update. She reiterated that complaints lodged with SCT on or before 31 October 2018 will not be transferred to AFCA, "and complaints cannot be withdrawn and then relodged with AFCA." The tribunal will ...