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Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
With interest rates at record lows, Fidelity International believes investing in emerging markets may be the saving grace for many investors feeling the pinch. Speaking at the Fidelity Emerging Markets Adviser Forum in Sydney, Fidelity's cross asset ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) with negative interest rates (in January 2016) and expanded further to "with yield curve control" in September of the same year. Since then ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A former Apogee Financial Planning adviser has been handed a four-year ban for failing to provide appropriate advice. Meanwhile, a former GPS Wealth representative has been banned for three years for similar misconduct involving insurance products. ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... Federal Court action against Sargon-owned Tidswell Financial Services and the promoter of mobiSuper over breaches of best interest obligations. Filed with the South Australian Federal Court, the corporate regulator is taking action against Tidswell Financial ...

Chief economist update: RBA holds but for how long?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... repetition, but these words and phrases rhyme with the governor's words just a month before the RBA's first of three interest rate reductions this year (so far) - and even more optimistic. On May 7, Governor Lowe said: "The central scenario is ...

ASIC calls out accountants

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... exemption means that unlicensed accountants cannot provide recommendations about whether to establish an SMSF, acquire an interest in an SMSF or wind up and SMSF. "This type of advice is fundamentally different to providing tax advice or to advising ...

Chief economist update: Weak household consumption now a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... Glace and Master Of Reality. Take your pick. My pick is for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to announce no change in interest rates before the running of the horses today. The RBA would not want to disappoint market expectations for cutting rates ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The two industry funds are in talks over a possible merger, one which would see the creation of Australia's largest superannuation fund. Queensland-based industry superannuation funds Sunsuper and QSuper have confirmed they are locked in discussions ...

Boutique hires CBA's credit strategy lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... by Wayne Buckingham and Brian Buckley from ANZ's markets business and Martin Ryan who has since retired and sold his interest in the company. It has raised about $3 billion so far in its credit funds, with an investor base of high-net-worths, family ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... financial year. According to Hartzer, the result was disappointing and reflects both the "challenging, low-growth, low interest rate environment", and the impacts of remediation and the restructure of its wealth business, which combined made a $1.1 billion ...