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Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
It's a wonderful set of numbers that came just in the nick of time for the estimated 900 workers who'll be finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Midwinter partners with business management platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Midwinter entered into a strategic partnership for a business platform specialising in the financial services industry. The partnership will involve integrating Midwinter's flagship digital advice platform, AdviceOS, with PractiFI software. PractiFI ...

Business benefits of managed accounts mounting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving more than 14 hours a week on compliance and administrative tasks. Latest research from BT Financial Group, conducted by Investment Trends in July, demonstrates advisers recommending managed accounts ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
Four days and one month before this day, the British pound staged a sterling rally - it soared to pre-Brexit levels against the US dollar and the Japanese yen (and to a two-month high against the strengthening euro). That was on 14 September when the ...

Super changes increasing adviser workload: Financial Standard poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Advisers' workload has somewhat increased since the superannuation changes took effect on July 1, Financial Standard's weekly poll reveals. Forty-four per cent of advisers are carrying a heavier workload, while one-in-five (19%) are still grappling ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth and life intermediaries head in executive reshuffle

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Suncorp has named a new head of wealth and life intermediaries. Dan Waller, who has been acting head since June, has now been appointed permanently to the role. He has more than 28 years' experience in the financial services industry, joining Asteron ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
It lags the US non-farm payrolls report but the US JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings ...

Alpha FM awards Indian equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
An Indian equities boutique has won a mandate from Infocus Wealth Management multi-manager subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. Alpha has taken a stake in India Avenue Investment Management's India Avenue Equity Fund, which currently invests in 51 listed ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Along with the increasing sun shiny days that spring brings to our part of the globe come the green sprouts of optimism among us, Australians all. For the first time in 11 months, there are more optimists than pessimists in this land girth by sea. This ...