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Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Just when the threatening clouds of Quitaly and its negative repercussions on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that ...

Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
Now we know. Growth in Australian wages remained stuck cruising at a low altitude of 2.1% in the March 2018 quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter and the quarter before that. Take these annual growth rates to two decimal places and we find that ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
A revamped ESG investment model at an Australian asset manager is turning conversations where large companies now approach the firm for advice on corporate sustainability reporting. In 2016, Platypus Asset Management decided to rebuild its ESG investment ...

Don't fear the inflation reaper: Capital Group

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
Capital Group investment director Andy Budden believes if you have the requisite experience with different economic cycles, a moderately inflationary environment can be good for equity investors. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Budden discussed ...

Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
An SMSF administrator is teaming up with a cryptocurrency brokerage firm to help investors achieve greater portfolio diversification. A new partnership between Xpress Super and Bitcoin Trader will provide SMSF investors with access to five of the top ...

Former CBA-aligned adviser banned for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
An adviser formerly working under CBA-owned licensee Financial Wisdom has been banned for three years by ASIC. ASIC said the decision came about because Julie Hamilton failed to act in her clients' best interests; the regulator investigated her activity ...

Centrepoint adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
A financial adviser licensed through Centrepoint Alliance's Professional Investment Services has been banned by ASIC for three years for incompetence. Ramana Rao of Metaplanners in South Australia was banned from providing financial services after it ...

Former BBY adviser cops 10-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
A former BBY financial adviser has been banned for 10 years, while an ex-CBA adviser pleaded guilty to forging client documents, corporate regulator ASIC said. ASIC banned Perth-based Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a former authorised representative of stockbroking ...

Values-based approach will advance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
A former presidential aide to Nelson Mandela said financial advisers should adapt to and advance change with a values-based approach instead of trying to be the next popular item. Zelda la Grange told delegates at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference ...

Iron magnate makes historic $400m pledge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The Australian chair of one of the world's largest iron ore producers recently made the largest ever donation by a living Australian to a range of charitable causes. Fortescue Metals chair Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, along with his wife Nicola, donated ...