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Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Forget about the ANZ and NAB's call for the RBA to remove at least the "emergency accommodation" that brought the official cash rate to a record low of 1.5%. If the recent trend in Australian consumer spending - or in this case, not spending - continues ...

Impact Investment Group chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Responsible investing fund manager, Impact Investment Group (IIG), announced the departure of its co-founder and chief executive Chris Lock. IIG chair, Danny Almagor, will step into the chief executive role in the interim as the company searches for ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

AZ NGA acquires Wealthmed Australia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory is continuing its acquisition spree with the purchase of a highly targeted and integrated financial planning business specialising in wealth management for doctors and other medical specialists. The firm signed a binding ...

AMP and Challenger ink annuities deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Challenger annuities will now be available through AMP's adviser portal, marking one of the more historic partnerships since Challenger swapped its financial planning business for AXA's annuities portfolio in 2008. Financial advisers will now be able ...

FPA Congress will highlight value of relationships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Three of Australia's most influential couples will share their stories with planners at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's 2017 Professional Congress, encouraging them to reassess the ways in which they establish and develop meaningful ...

AZ NGA continues acquisition spree

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory completed its 31st transaction in just over two years with the acquisition of an advice practice previously licensed under Charter Financial Planning. Farrow Hughes Mulcahy (FHM) currently employs eight advisers who specialise ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
If you've been hopin' and wishin' and prayin' that someday soon you'll be getting a fat pay rise, hope and wish and pray some more. While the headline seasonally adjusted numbers of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report were ...

Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Superannuation funds are strategically using foreign exchange management to combat rapidly changing regulatory and market conditions and to protect members' assets, research from NAB shows. The annual superannuation FX hedging survey found a majority ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
National Australia Bank placed Australia's first sustainability bond for the Australian Catholic University, valued at $200 million. The bond, which funds both green bond and social bond projects aligned to the International Capital Markets Association's ...