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Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... next, its promise of low interest rates for longer, and its readiness to ease policy further if needed. Add to this the wealth effect generated by the resurgence in the stock (S&P/ASX 200 index up by 6.5% this year to date) and property markets (CoreLogic ...

Tough times continue for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... Francesco De Ferrari's remuneration. It has also announced the resignation of its chief risk officer. The country's largest wealth manager reported losses across the board in its FY19 results citing a challenging environment in Australian wealth management ...

New board member at EQT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Robson, who founded Affinity Private, has joined the EQT board. Robson began her career at Macquarie and founded boutique wealth advice practice Affinity Private eight years ago after 11 years as a financial adviser at NAB Private Wealth. "Ms Robson ...

VicSuper PM jumps for industry fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Kim has gone to an industry super fund," she said. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said Farrant brought with her a wealth of technical experience and interpersonal skills to the fund. "Kim is a very experienced practitioner, having 15 years' ...

Former Securitor manager joins Paragem

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... be responsible for compliance coaching and running the licensee's investment committee. Paragem said Kouimanis brings a wealth of experience to the boutique licensee. "Craig Kouimanis joins the Paragem team, bringing more than 20 years of experience ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... financially a year from now, the highest in Gallup's trend since 1977," it shows. This is hardly surprising given the wealth effect from the rise and rise in the US equity market - the S&P 500 index hit another record high overnight - and the unemployment ...

Former licensee boss banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
ASIC has said the former chief executive of Spectrum Wealth Advisers had a poor understanding of his obligations and failed to ensure advisers complied with the law, banning him over his involvement in the licensee's numerous failures. Mark Schroeder ...

Praemium expanding in UK, growing managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Listed platform Praemium's half yearly results included an update about its UK business and its virtual managed accounts portfolios. The virtual managed accounts had a strong uplift, contributing to platform revenue being up 22%. Praemium's Virtual ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... contribution that our new migrants make is critical to encouraging ongoing investment in Australia." The scheme allows high net wealth individuals are granted permanent residency once they have invested at least $5 million in Australian capital projects ...

OneVue takes control of Sargon stake in Sequoia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has taken control of a Sargon subsidiary's 19% stake in ASX-listed wealth and advice firm Sequoia Financial Group, as its looks to recoup $31 million. The Sequoia stake is worth about $4.6 million at Tuesday's closing price of 20 cents. ...