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Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
I believe in miracles Where you from You sexy thing, sexy thing you Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was delivered a miracle when the Liberal/National Coalition won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government ...

TCorp appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
TCorp has hired Commonwealth Bank's long-standing head of debt markets. Simon Ling is joining TCorp as its general manager, financial markets. TCorp chief executive David Deverall said: "I'm delighted to welcome Simon to the executive team and I am ...

Ethics Centre to launch FASEA approved course

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Ethics Centre is developing an ethics course for financial advisers to help them meet the requirements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) reforms. The bridging course is expected to be piloted in conjunction with an ...

Insurtech Australia names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
Insurtech Australia has tapped a senior executive from one of its founding partners as its new chief executive. Rita Yates replaces Simon O'Dell, who will become chair, as the organisation gears for growth in 2019. Yates joined Insurtech Australia ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
The number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) wind-ups shot up in the last 12-24 months, according to Australian Tax Office data. Latest ATO data reveals in 2014 the number of SMSF wind-ups was 12,654 and hovered around that point, reaching ...

Boutique appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
A Sydney funds management boutique has appointed a portfolio manager from Investors Mutual, as it sees increased demand from advice practices for equities income solutions. Tomas Vasquez is joining Vertium Asset Management as a portfolio manager and ...

TAL restructures retail arm, announces job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
TAL is making major changes to its retail business that will make some jobs redundant after reviewing its recent acquisition of Asteron, Suncorp's Australian life insurance business. Realigning the retail businesses will consequently reduce headcount ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
With 2.8 million super accounts slated to enter pension phase over the next decade, is it time superannuation funds follow QSuper's lead and start segregating their pension assets? That's a question a new research paper by Parametric managing ...

The state of the banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
The big accounting firms have released their analysis of the big banks' half year results, noting a continued decline in cash profits for the first half of 2019. The major Australian banks reported a combined cash profit after tax from continuing operations ...

ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
ANZ's chief executive said his plans for a streamlined bank should save the company roughly $1 billion by 2022. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliot said: "We will continue to simplify and strengthen the bank, including exiting, shrinking and closing non-core ...