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Advisers searching for LRBA answers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Regulatory changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements have been advisers' primary concern over the past quarter, according to BT Advice Technical research. Advisers' queries focused on two key issues: first, the proposal to combine outstanding ...

New portfolio manager at IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
IOOF announced the appointment of a new lead to manage its Australian equities portfolio. Paul Crisci replaces Dan Farmer, who recently became chief investment officer on July 1, and has also been managing the Australian equities portfolio since February ...

O'Dwyer names one-stop-shop dispute resolution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
A former RBA governor will spearhead the merger of three financial and superannuation dispute resolution bodies into a one-stop-shop. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer told the FSC Leaders Summit yesterday that Malcolm Edey will ...

No age limit on great advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
ANZ Wealth is encouraging financial advisers of all ages to apply for the AFA Rising Star Award, saying there is a misbelief that it only seeks to recognise young advisers. Speaking to Financial Standard, ANZ Wealth head of sales Don Sillar said there ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Australian inflation has decelerated - headline inflation slowed to 1.9% in the year to the June quarter from 2.1% in the March quarter. Yet it's also picked up - the weighted median up to 1.8% from 1.7%; but it's also flat - a trimmed mean steady at ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Industry superannuation funds Kinetic Super and Sunsuper signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed, authorising a merger of the two funds. The process, which began in April this year, sees the merged entity become one of the nation's biggest superannuation ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... composite PMI eased for the second straight month in July to its lowest level in six months, but with a reading of 55.8 in July (up from 56.3 in June), "the index remained at an elevated level by historical standards and signaled one of the strongest ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle snuffed hawkish interpretations of the minutes of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
AMP Capital appointed three non-executive directors to its responsible entity and trustee boards. John Nesbitt, Ming Long and Peter Rowe will join the AMP Capital Funds Management and AMP Investment Services boards effective July 28. Serving as the ...