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AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
AMP Australia chief executive Scott Hartley has announced a new leadership team and an updated operating model. Hartley will have seven direct reports. This includes three external hires, including a new managing director advice, a chief investment ...

ABC, ISH arrangement faces scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
APRA is facing mounting pressure to investigate the complex arrangements and quantify the financial terms between industry superannuation funds and the ABC, a parliamentary inquiry heard this morning. The prudential regulator, which appeared before ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The research team behind ARK Invest have released a new 'bad ideas report', revealing the industries they believe investors should avoid. Top of the list of bad ideas was physical bank branches, as the ARK researchers think consumer banking will shift ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has put the spotlight on childcare, aged care and social housing when delivering his budget reply speech. Delivering his response, Albanese said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget has left Australians behind. "Our economy ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
It's that time of the year when many Victorians escape the winter chill for the warmer climate of its northern neighbour - notably, Queensland (where it's "beautiful one day, perfect the next")... and in the current setting, coronavirus-free. ...

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics scrutinised ASIC over its SMSF fact sheet in a public hearing reviewing the 2019 ASIC Annual Report. ASIC's SMSF Fact Sheet published last year outlined that the average cost of running ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Almost 2000 advisers gone so far in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The first half of 2020 has seen almost 2000 financial advisers leave the industry amid a time of flux for the sector. In January, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register showed 23,682 active advisers, but now the register shows 21,913 advisers. That's ...

Property investors should diversify: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
First Sentier's head of global property securities is urging investors to take a diversified approach to property, as some sectors fare better than others in the COVID-19 economic wash-up. First Sentier head of global property securities Stephen Hayes ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Former Yellow Brick Road national advice manager Sharon Walker has moved to Interprac as part of its acquisition of the YBR advice business. Walker moved into the role of practice development manager at Interprac in March. Interprac managing director ...