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Paradice appoints portfolio manager from Northcape

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... consumer has held up remarkably well given benign wage inflation, primarily due to low interest rates and the property wealth effect. With banks squeezing rates and tightening lending practices and power prices rocketing, we do struggle to see where ...

Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot said advisers should review wealth building strategies as the common tactic of investing savings in the name of the lower income-earning spouse once a mortgage has been paid off. This can have ...

CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom, as part of additional conditions ASIC imposed on AFSLs in August 2014. The banking and wealth group will pay about $1.9 million to customers who suffered a financial loss as a result of inappropriate advice, but ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... businesses which cater to niche markets, leading to more advisers joining boutique planning groups. This is the view of Wealth Enhancers co-founder and chief investment officer Finn Kelly. The firm has carved a niche in providing financial advice exclusively ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... expected to follow a moderate increasing trend as the employment and income situation continues to improve". Add to this, the wealth effect from the soaring stock market. But Japan still needs a weaker yen if it's to get to the promise land of 2% inflation. ...

KPMG names insurance and wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
KPMG Australia appointed a former AXA executive to lead its specialist insurance and wealth management division. Sydney-based Tim Thomas is the lead partner of the insurance and wealth strategy advisory practice, which sits within KPMG's global strategy ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... a 140% jump since the Global Financial Crisis, according to an Oxfam analysis. The Oxfam Growing Gulf Between Work and Wealth paper found Australia's richest 1% had more wealth than the bottom 70% of Australians combined. The widening gap has reached ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Clime Investment Management named the head of its private wealth division and flagged the development of interstate offices in an investor update. Maria Greensill was previously manager, financial planning operations at Suncorp. Before that, she was ...

OpenMarkets appoints executive, announces integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... growing network of self-directed investors. Lee Redpath joined OpenMarkets in the newly-created role, leaving Crestone Wealth Management where he served as head of operations and financial intermediaries. The appointment follows the announcement of a ...

Legalsuper appoints new client service manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The former head of compliance at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth is taking on a new role at legalsuper. Ragnhild Sky joins as client service manager for the ACT region. Before Fitzpatricks, she was a senior compliance manager at St George and a senior financial ...