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Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The ...

2018 FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar' raises over $300k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Research analyst by day, Rockstar by night. George Hadja from Montgomery Investment Management took home the coveted 2018 Rockstar of the Year Award at an industry fundraiser organised by the Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) in Sydney ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Only two-in-five people working in the investment industry passed the first stage of the most recent Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination. Of the 68,086 candidates who took the Level I exam in December last year, 57% failed to progress to the ...

AMP head of retail sales departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
AMP's head of retail sales is departing following a restructure of the sales team last year. Stephen Craig joined AMP in 2008 as head of retail sales and marketing; he then became acting director, contemporary wealth management, head of goals-based ...

Alphinity appoints client portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned global equities boutique Alphinity Investment Management is welcoming a new senior investment specialist to its team. Andrew Grimes joins Alphinity from Winton Capital, where he was a director. Before that, he was an investment specialist ...

Perennial appoints institutional sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Perennial Value Management and Daintree Capital are welcoming a new head of institutional sales. Dan Birch will lead the fund manager's institutional sales division, responsible for marketing and selling Perennial's equity and risk management product ...

Adviser banned over theft from deceased estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
A former authorised representative of Futuro Financial Services that transferred about $300,000 to himself from a deceased estate has been permanently banned by the corporate regulator. ASIC has permanently banned Robert Pryor Smith of South Australia's ...

Safeguard wills with specialist advice: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
This time of year is an ideal time to seek estate planning advice to ensure wills are up-to-date and legally valid to reflect any material family and financial changes, according to a legal expert. Equity Trustees estate planning lawyer Stephanie Smith ...

Perennial investment services boss departs after 11 years

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Perennial's general manager of investment services has departed after 11 years following his role being made redundant. Brian Thomas joined Perennial in 2006 and was responsible for business strategy, global economic updates and retail product development. ...

Australian Unity chair joins NAB

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
NAB is welcoming a new a member to the board of its superannuation fund trustee NULIS Nominees. Australian Unity chair Peter Promnitz has been appointed as a non-executive director, joining the board responsible for the MLC Super Fund and products such ...