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Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... developments" should be dancing on the streets and singing hallelujah for the latest indications only demonstrate that the US central bank is well on its way to achieving its goal of normalising monetary policy ever since it first raised the fed funds ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... this strategy," he added. The mandate follows Deutsche AM rebranding under its global retail arm, DWS, in December. Deutsche Bank said all of Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive ...

CareSuper appoints investment manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Industry super fund CareSuper has appointed a new investment manager. Frank Russo joins the $13 billion super fund from SILC Group, a boutique strategic adviser and investment solutions provider specialising in wholesale private, commercial and institutional ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
FIIG Securities has appointed a former QIC director to help the fixed income specialist's growth and direction. Stephen Mackie joins FIIG Securities' Brisbane office as the director of fixed income. He joins from QIC where he was a director and an investment ...

Go your own way: AXA IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Investors should not be afraid to run against the pack in 2018, with recent history demonstrating that taking a contrarian view can pay off. That was a key takeaway from AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities - Asia, Mark Tinker, when ...

AMP considers "all alternatives" in life insurance portfolio review

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... cashflows rise 177% over the year to $931 million, which AMP said was driven by "additional revenue in advice and SMSFs." AMP Bank also saw operating earnings rise 17% to $140 million, driven by a 14% boost in residential lending to $18.9 billion. The ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...

JBWere team joins Koda Capital

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... demonstrates we continue to attract the elite advisers in our profession." In December last year, Koda also appointed former Bank of Melbourne head of premium banking and business growth Jonathan Ayers as managing partner of Victoria. Prior to Bank of ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... change in their signal about their intent? Should the rumblings on Wall Street continue, those predicting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would maintain the status quo on monetary policy and keep the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5% ...