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Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... research company's earlier prediction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be forced to cut the official interest rate to 1.0% (versus its previous forecasts that it would remain steady at 1.5%) due do the accelerating decline in Australian ...

Australia still low on trust barometer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Australians are reporting an increased trust in their institutions to do "what is right" since last year but overall levels still remain low, according the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. On an average, 40% of Australia's general population trusted ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... mid-2018, if memory serves me right) on this space, challenging the RBA's forward guidance that its next move on interest rates would likely be up than down - can't blame consensus for predicting the same, it came straight from the horse's ...

VicSuper updates digital advice offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
A refreshed user interface, a new coach avatar and new retirement planning options have been rolled out to VicSuper members after the fund updated its Beeline digital guidance and advice tool. The update means VicSuper members now have a new mix of ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... urges financial advisers not to be "naive" in thinking that managed accounts are not subject to the same conflicts of interest as larger institutions. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne lambasted the prevalence of conflicts of interest in the interim report. ...

NSW adviser banned for 25 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... $4.7 million to a related company for investments from where Miller used the money for personal purposes and to make interest payments to other clients. Justice John Reeves, in handing down the judgement, described it as a 'blatant misuse of investor ...

Global multi-boutique eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
A $45 billion multi-boutique founded by a former Natixis deputy chief executive is heading down under to win super fund mandates and to potentially buy Australian boutiques. iM Global Partner takes minority, non-controlling stakes in small asset managers ...

SMSF returns not accurate in Productivity Commission report

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... still has some errors in its methodology for SMSF returns - namely, that PC classified non-fee expenses as insurance, interest and depreciation as SMSF fees. "[In our second submission, we] highlighted that by incorrectly combining expenses and fees ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Advisers and paraplanners face a year of booming job prospects, as the industry switches into hiring mode after a tough year of regulation, a large recruiting agency reports. According to the latest Hays Jobs Report, advice businesses sat on recruiting ...

COBA appoints former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
A former ASIC executive will conduct a review of the Code of Practice adhered to by members of the Customer Owned Banking Association. COBA has appointed former ASIC executive general manager Phil Khoury to review the code which outlined the conduct ...