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Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... on hold through to end-2018 with the potential for more government spending - read, tax cuts - as government and central bank try to shift economic growth into a higher gear. If you want to read further, below is a snippet from the Financial Standard ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... University academics that found women traders consistently outperformed male counterparts. Last year a study by Scandinavian bank Nordea of 11,000 globally-traded companies found that since the GFC, listed companies led by women achieved investment returns ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... median expenditure for households aged 65-69 was $24,640 per annum, while the average was $33,944. The Retirement ESP sources bank transaction data from over 300,000 retirees, and shows that the median couple in this bracket spends $34,858 each year ...

AMP head of retail sales departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... and marketing; he then became acting director, contemporary wealth management, head of goals-based solutions and head of bank sales before taking on his most recent position. In a social media update, Craig emphasised he was proud to have spent "such ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Life insurance products sold directly to consumers are gaining prevalence over an area historically dominated by financial advisers and dealer groups, Strategic Insight's latest statistics show. The researcher found that in the decade to 2017, risk ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
"You may have noticed that at yesterday's meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business ...

Decimal appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... recently, including QSuper and Statewide Super. It also announced it recently signed a pilot contract with a major diversified bank. "On behalf of the board and the whole Decimal team we thank Nic for his contribution in the past few years which has ...

L1 Capital targets $500m for long short LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... more than $10 million alongside investors in the IPO," Landau said. NAB has been appointed lead arranger to the offer. The bank's head of hybrid and structured capital, Nick Chaplin, said the fact that the IPO has already surpassed its minimum target ...

Private wealth platform appoints ASX-listed corporate adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... disclosed. It's also virtually anonymous, so there is an inherent traceability nightmare because you can't just walk into a bank and get all the details," Hacker said. A recent spot poll in Financial Standard's sister publication FS Advice showed 81% ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Russian inflation - down to 2.2% in the year to January from 2.5% in the previous month and below the 4% target - offers the Bank of Russia scope to cut interest rates further from the current 7.5% to boost economic growth some more. There's no doubt ...