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FIIG turns to institutional market

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
FIIG Securities has made a series of appointments over 2018 to assist its growth in the institutional fixed income market. FIIG, which has $8 billion in securities under advice, officially announced the appointments of three directors and an associate ...

FPA reviews disciplinary regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
After having its existing disciplinary processes questioned during the Royal Commission, the Financial Planning Association of Australia is introducing updated regulations from 1 January 2019. Conducted by FPA Conduct Review Commission (CRC) deputy ...

Complainants most satisfied with life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... very few customers followed through with complaints. Only 8% of 3.2 million customers who considered making a complaint to a bank or financial service provider in the last year did in fact do so. Those who took action were prompted mainly by unfair fees ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... "would suggest a soft landing... some risk of a hard landing remains." The Paris-based global forum recommends the Reserve Bank begin raising the cash rate from its record low as soon as possible to prevent "imbalances accumulating further". "Australia's ...

Perennial ups retail distribution

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... financial services for 20 years including roles in business development, senior distribution and product roles at Macquarie Bank, RBS, BNP Paribas and Citibank. Perennial Value managing director John Murray said Tisdell's wealth of experience in capital ...

Industry dubious about one regulatory body: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... structure of Australia's financial services framework is similar to the UK, which is overseen by three main regulators: the Bank of England (BOE); Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which is a division of the BOE; and Financial Conduct Authority ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The "mother of all eco stats" - the US employment report - has been released. But it was neither here nor there and by the looks of it, it didn't make an iota of a difference that the Fed will raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... business. But in an announcement to the ASX shortly after the news broke, ANZ's deputy chief executive Alexis George said the bank would seek urgent information from APRA and IOOF and assess the various options available to it. ANZ clarified it was ...