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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Australia export and import prices When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the June quarter National Accounts last September, one notable piece of information was the bureau's mention that "The Terms of trade increased by 2.3% in seasonally ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Despite the prominence of infrastructure as a standalone asset class, the absence of a widely accepted benchmark makes it difficult for investors to analyse the asset class, according to executive director, head of infrastructure research at J.P. Morgan ...

ASIC confirms systemic failures in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has confirmed systemic failures at 21 Australian Financial Services Licensees in providing ongoing advice services to clients. Identified in ASIC's 'Financial advice: Fees for no service' report, the ...

NAB Wealth reports solid growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Stronger revenue and lower expenses have resulted in a 13% surge in cash earnings for NAB Wealth, growing to $356 million. The bank's wealth management division also reported a 2% growth in net income, owing to higher average funds under management ...

Cbus partners for phone-based advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Cbus has partnered with a leading digital advice firm to create a new "advice over the phone" service. Midwinter will deliver the service from October 31; the company is currently rolling out its cloud-based advice platform, AdviceOS, for Cbus to use ...

NobleOak Life offerings recognised for excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
The 2016 Direct Life Insurance Excellence Awards have been presented in Sydney by Strategic Insight, the research house formerly known as Plan for Life. NobleOak Life took home the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, also receiving the TPD ...

ClearView welcomes new strategic shareholder

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
A Japanese life insurance company has acquired a strategic stake in ClearView Wealth and has announced a collaboration partnership between the two companies. Sony Life Insurance (Sony Life) has agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 98.6 in October following a downwardly revised 103.5 reading (from 104.1) in the previous month. This is much lower than market expectations for a slight decrease to ...

Watermark makes two key hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Watermark Funds Management is strengthening its global capabilities with the appointment of a new portfolio manager and business development manager. Former Platinum senior investment analyst Simon Felton joins in the role of portfolio manager and will ...

Fed Court winds up unregistered investment scheme

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
The Federal Court has wound up 21st Century land banking companies and declared the land banking developments were unmanaged investment schemes. The court also disqualified the operators of 21st Century land banking companies, Jamie and Dennis McIntyre ...