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Advice practice supply outweighs demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019

... revenue. This is because it's been a sellers' market since 2007, Radar Results said. "After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) finished, finance became easy to secure, interest rates fell, sellers were hard to find, and buyers were forced to pay ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 29 APR 2019

... inflation, leading to what we now see as the great moderation of the 1990s. This has lingered and was going swimmingly until the GFC interrupted it in 2008. Since then, it appears that no amount of money splashed by central banks is able to stir above-target ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019

... economy... if everything remains the same." But they don't. Fiscal and monetary authorities react. The experience of the GFC just a decade before is a perfect example. The same thing is happening now as I write. The Fed's on pause; the ECB has ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019

... surplus, equivalent to 1.7% of GDP in 2008 quickly flipped into a 2.1% deficit the following year and a 4.2% deficit due to the GFC. The economic projections in the Budget Papers 2019-20 look rational enough - GDP growth of 2.25% this fiscal year and ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019

... growing so rapidly thanks to recovering commodities markets, labour force expansion and companies exhausting most of their GFC tax losses, has enabled Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his coalition government to easily absorb this year's 6.6% outlays ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019

... RBA has kept interest rates unchanged at 4.75% for 12 months (Nov 2010- Oct 2011) - that time the longest stretch since the GFC - as the unemployment remained at around 5% (give or take a few decimals) while at the same time ignoring the deteriorating ...

Royal Commission will guide remuneration standard: APRA

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019

... CBA prudential inquiry and the findings of the Royal Commission," Brennan said. The APRA executive added that a 10-year post-GFC capital build is near completion "with unquestionably strong capital ratios already attained by most banks." However the ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019

... given that risk free rates have risen globally, Jamieson added. And all this is on "twice as much debt as we had going into GFC." JCB currently manages $2.45 billion for both institutional and retail investors.

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019

... (from 3.5%) - if everything remains the same. But they don't. Fiscal and monetary authorities react. The experience of the GFC just a decade before is a perfect example. The same thing is happening now as I write. The Fed's on pause -- New York ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019

... after that). But just as the counter-cyclical policies implemented by most central banks around the world at the time of the GFC, China's latest salvo could do the trick (the currently speculated breakthrough in the US-China trade deal will certainly ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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