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Remembering Gerry Porter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... advice industry is mourning the loss of the man behind the Association of Financial Advisers' Genxt initiative. Former AFA board member and Queensland state director Gerry Porter, who passed away over the weekend, is being remembered as a lovable character ...

Crestone appoints banking executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... Liberty Financial. Crestone chairman John McDonald welcomed Hawkins as a high-calibre and accomplished new member of the board. "Peter's extensive experience across the domestic and global sectors of banking, financial services and wealth management ...

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... positive returns over the last 10 and 20 years, it would be a mistake to blindly rely on the upward trend continuing across the board i.e. for the one or two properties an investor may have exposure to," it said. Russell Investments director Tim Cook ...

O'Dwyer names one-stop-shop dispute resolution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... after a 40-year tenure, serving as a member of the bank's senior policy committees and deputy chair of the payments system board. O'Dwyer described the current system as inconsistent and narrow. "Because consumers will be able to approach AFCA to resolve ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... the RBA's 2%-3% target. Ergo, the hawkish interpretations that sprang after the release of the minutes of the RBA's 4 July board meeting were just that... speculations of interpretations, sending the A$/US$ exchange rate down to US$0.7908 from US$0.7935 ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... could come together to deliver solutions in the Australian marketplace," Allianz SE, Investment Management, member of the board of management Gunther Thallinger said. The taskforce is comprised of subject matter experts from around the globe including ...

Ignition Wealth begins European expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... worlds," Fordree said. Supporting the expansion, the firm has welcomed Irish fintech expert Peter Oakes to its advisory board. Oakes is a former senior executive at the Central Bank of Ireland and Bank of America and will provide guidance on the move. ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... inflation does to inflation expectations. Just ask the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - it has kept monetary policy unchanged at its Board meeting last week but more importantly, it has pushed back the timing of when it expects to achieve its 2% inflation target ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
AMP Capital appointed three non-executive directors to its responsible entity and trustee boards. John Nesbitt, Ming Long and Peter Rowe will join the AMP Capital Funds Management and AMP Investment Services boards effective July 28. Serving as the ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... justification for the optimism and seemingly hawkish turn the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) conveyed in the minutes of its 4 July board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported total employment grew by 14,000 in June. This was lower ...