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Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
US President Donald Trump has again upped the rhetoric against China (which of course, brought back trepidation over an escalation of the trade war) and most recently he went on attack against his own central bank - the US Federal Reserve. Apparently ...

Deductible super contributions front of mind: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
After reforms paved the way for more Australians to top up their superannuation, financial adviser queries around deductible personal super contributions have increased. According to BT Financial Advice's (BTFA) technical team, the top query from financial ...

Former REIT exec to lead new funds management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former AMP and Centuria executive will lead the wholesale funds management business at one of Australia's oldest companies. Neil Rogan joins Gowing Bros after serving as general manager of the investment bond business at Centuria Capital for three-and-a-half ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... classic. "I see skies of blue..." The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment grew by 50,900 in the month of June - more than three times market expectations for a 17,000 increase - after the addition of 13,400 workers in the previous month. ...

HUB24 introduces low-cost product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
HUB24 is catering for new entrants to the investment platform market with the launch of a lower-cost and simpler option in its investor directed portfolio service (IDPS) and superannuation products. To be introduced in August, the HUB24 core offering ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... moderate" increase in wages is negatively impacting "real wages" - wage growth less inflation. Real wages fell by 0.2% in June - annual growth in average hourly earnings of 2.7% in June less headline CPI inflation of 2.9% (workers buy food and petrol) ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
The neutral interest rate is the Goldilocks level of the fed funds rate - not too cold that it would continue stimulating growth (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
The chief quantitative strategist for AXA Investment Managers' equities business has jumped to a $46 billion superannuation fund. HESTA has appointed Michael Kollo as its general manager quantitative solutions and risk, effective July 30. He was ...

MLC announces new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
National Australia Bank announced the new chief executive of MLC, who will take the reins on 1 September 2018. Geoff Lloyd will lead MLC after six years as chief executive and managing director of Perpetual. He will report directly to NAB chief executive ...

Advisers demand self-licensing regime: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
A majority of financial advisers would welcome an overhaul of the AFS licensing regime, a recent survey shows. The majority (78%) of financial advisers polled in Financial Standard's sister publication FS Advice would prefer to be self-licensed, similar ...