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Aussie retirement confidence dropping

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... November 2017, moving from 5.2% to 5.0%. Clancy added government and business have a role to play in encouraging active interest in retirement planning. "Industry leadership is vital to help build confidence. Government and businesses have an important ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... place for new operators to disrupt the market with differentiated products and services." Powell said Daido Life's interest is a key milestone as Integrity Life builds an offering that brings greater integrity to life insurance, adding "we intend ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... months, with prices having recorded falls in some areas. These, of course, led to the same conclusion: "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return ...

Promotions at Zenith to capitalise on growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... direct result of the continued growth in its managed accounts and investment consulting services, with the increased interest in managed accounts portfolio services from financial advisers providing a promising growth avenue. "We believe Zenith's ...

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders. The recent portfolio reshuffle builds on the ASX-listed real ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on record that the next move in interest rates will be up but financial markets don't expect the "up" until around the second quarter of next year. But economies ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... British Pound and Euro accounts in real time to take advantage of foreign exchange movements Citi is offering variable interest rates as high as 2.25% for those investing more than $250,000, and narrower foreign exchange spreads. The currency holdings ...

ASIC bans former AMP adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
ASIC's wealth management project has banned a former Charter Financial Planning adviser for five years. Desmond Luplau has copped a five-year ban on the provision of financial services from the regulator for failing to act in the best interests of his ...

Molopo board ousted at AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management scored a win at the Molopo Energy AGM with a board spill that saw its two nominees elected as non-executive directors. Keybridge's nominee, William Johnson, had previously been noted by Molopo as being ...

Pengana partners with credit boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... world in addition to its in-house investment teams. Pengana Capital chief executive Russel Pillemer said: "In the current interest rate environment, we see investors and advisers actively seeking yield. The GCI proposition provides a great risk/return ...