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Morgans Financial licence conditions lifted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
A full-service stockbroking and wealth management firm with over 60,000 active clients has had additional licence conditions lifted. Morgans Financial had the conditions imposed in November 2016. ASIC has now removed the conditions as at March 19. The ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
Rest is seeing an uptake to its recently launched low-cost indexed options thanks to the Barefoot Investor. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle says since launching three indexed options last December, the influence of Barefoot Investor Scott Pape in simplifying ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... domestic macro dynamics were different in 2011 compared with today, but the lesson from 2011 is that the RBA's non-pro-active response forced it to lower interest rates by more than it should if only it paid attention to the slowing employment growth ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... Workers Union (CWU) reached a deal with Royal Mail, the 500-year-old postal delivery service. CWU has close to 200,000 active members working in telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies in the UK, including Royal Mail. It was finally approved ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... its strategic nature, strong downside protection through market cycles. It also directly aligns with our strategy to use active management to build long-term value for our clients." It's co-investor on the transaction APG is Netherlands' largest ...

Qantas Super urges women take control of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... around 50% of women retire with a very low superannuation balance under $50,000, compared with 33% of men. Unless we take active steps to fix this problem, confidence will remain low." ASFA supports several policies that could address this inequality ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Fixed income specialist Jamieson Coote Bonds is officially introducing its global fund to Australian investors following its initial seeding in early 2018. The CC JCB Global Bond Fund has an investible universe which includes global sovereigns, semi-government ...

Younger HNWs splashing on art

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... millennials were 39% of the respondents. Overall, global art sales climbed 6% to hit USD $67.4 billion. Millennials emerged as active buyers, preferring design objects followed by fine art and antiques. Of all groups, millennials were most likely (69%) ...

Rice Warner predicts super fee-hike

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... charging of higher fees for the same service members currently receive. "As there is a cross-subsidy of inactive accounts to active ones, these changes will put pressure on the revenue of many funds, and their administrators," Rice Warner said. "The ...

Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... together to assist investors to be long-term responsible stewards of their investments." "ACSI members are increasingly active in international markets and need access to global as well as local engagement services. Working with Hermes EOS enables us ...