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Financial advice exodus has 'bottomed out': ClearView

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
ClearView said it believes there have been signals towards the "return" of financial advice, following the government's favourable response to the Quality of Advice Review. "Recent data indicates the exodus of financial advisers has 'bottomed out'. ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... inflation in major economies over the next year or two-implied by the difference between nominal and inflation-linked government bond yields-have been climbing again. "In economies still experiencing persistent and above-target inflation, central banks ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Income inequality is too high and continues to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... Advice Review and ministerial review process to reach a strongly supportive view regarding digital advice in meeting government objectives. Internationally, it has five major financial institutions as clients in UK / Europe with customer reach of 200 ...

Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Franklin Templeton has launched actively managed global equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX today. The Franklin Global Growth Fund (FRGG) invests in companies operating in developed and emerging markets from around the world ...

Former AMP Capital research lead joins family office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... Capital in 2003. He later shifted his focus to federal politics, where he worked as a political advisor in the Howard government before joining the Property Council of Australia after the 2007 election. He also did a stint with CBRE. In 2014, Dixon founded ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
A Vietnamese billionaire property developer has been sentenced to death for embezzling US$12.5 billion - the country's largest case of financial fraud, several reports show. The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... leading roles in the legislative agenda of federal and territory governments. Most recently, James has worked as a government engagement specialist in the Vice-Chancellor's office at the University of Sydney." Koval said he welcomed the opportunity to ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Australia's merger rules will be reformed in a bid to boost competition and productivity in the economy. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant minister for competition, charities, and treasury Andrew Leigh jointly stated that mergers will be approved ...

ETF market to soar 30%: State Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... example, China's ETF market will close on US$400 billion in assets under management (AUM) as policy makers from the government and state investment fund use ETFs as a tool to stabilise equity markets. In South Korea, ETF assets exceed US$50 billion. ...