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Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... business, which provides clients with specialist advice and services. WTW head of Australasia Simon Weaver said: "RCA is the foremost team in Australasia for Warranty and Indemnity insurance. This offering builds on our current FINEX specialties and ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... lower interest rates," he said. To be sure, domestic economic and survey indicators have been weakening in recent months. Foremost of which is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) recent update showing wage growth remains lacklustre. Private ...

NFP intra-fund advice is not a distribution channel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... Bowtell, who said financial advice provided through profit-to-member superannuation funds has "always been first and foremost a service, not a distribution channel." Bowtell told the recent Financial Advice in Superannuation Symposium in Melbourne that ...

Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... through its EOS business. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said: "This landmark agreement will see two of the world's foremost experts on environmental, social and governance advocacy and company engagements work together to assist investors to be ...

IOOF continues organic growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... were key contributors to this outcome, Kelaher said. "This is particularly pleasing for the management team, first and foremost because for many years the company has been regarded as fundamentally an M&A example and I think this is now starting to demonstrate ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... complete de-nuclearisation of North Korea. A win for North Korea would be the lifting of sanctions on the country first and foremost, a guarantee that the US will not invade North Korea and a reduction of US military presence in South Korea. In name ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... do not choose end up in good defaults, and those who do exercise choice are able to do simply and safely." First and foremost, the PC recommends default super accounts should only be created for members who are new to the workforce or do not already ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Peg Capital co-founder Paul Bassat, valuations are secondary when looking for a promising tech investment. First and foremost it needs to be an "amazing company" that is solving important problems, he said. "We're no longer living in a world where you ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... the previous month). The erosion of household finances leaves consumers no other choice but to cut back on spending. Foremost of these is the ballooning household debt - it stood at a record 193.7% of disposable household income as at the June quarter ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... funds. The event kicks off with an introductory workshop called 'Demystifying the industry jargon' presented by one of the foremost experts on managed account regulation, Claire Wivell Plater, managing director of The Fold Legal. Under the theme 'The ...