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Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... now - via OpenInvest technology - able to reach a much larger audience with their expertise." Ardino added: "Because the banks have all exited financial advice - unless you're extremely wealthy - it leaves an even larger vacuum that unfortunately has ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... changes in monetary policy work with lags that will show up over coming months and quarters. "The difficulty is central banks must respond to the here and now, and Australia's annual headline CPI of 5.1% cannot be dismissed easily," he said. "The monetary ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... so much more opportunity outside the Australian market which is quite concentrated, about 50% of it is in materials and banks so with exposure to global small caps, you get exposure to a whole range of new sectors, new geography, and also different economic ...

Pallas Capital introduces feeder fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... and prudent lending criteria. PFT specifically caters to medium-sized CRE borrowers who are under-serviced by the major banks. The feeder fund is initially looking to raise $150 million and is currently offering a yield of 6.87% per annum or 6.5% plus ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... longer run." Also, in an unusual step, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell directly also addressed the US on the central banks plan to tame inflation in a post-meeting news conference. GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said Powell's comments ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... energies on the two principal economic issues: taxation and superannuation," he said. Bragg claimed super has made unions, banks and insurers richer than ever and lamented excessive fees and lack of competition. He also called super a strange but huge ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... dividend recovery has powered ahead in 2022, on the back of strong commodity prices and the return to form of Australia's big banks." Reverberating Shoemake's earlier sentiment, Gaden added: "However, Australia's result reflects its continued reliance ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... Kent explained that the decision to now cease the purchases under the program came down to three criteria. Most central banks had already concluded pandemic purchase programs, the Australian bond market had budding pressure points and the RBA had made ...

Partners Wealth appoints private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... across funds management and family offices. He will oversee the group's wholesale investment arm, working with investment banks, institutions, and family offices. Most recently, Lally was investment director at Hume Partners, a bespoke investment house ...

Franklin Templeton hires sales director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
Franklin Templeton Australia has added a new sales director, overseeing independent financial advisers and private banks. Michael Bowen takes on the role, joining after a short stint with Investors Mutual as relationship manager, strategic groups. Bowen ...