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Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... time, China's annual economic growth target had been considered too high/ambitious by economists, international institutions and financial markets. This time is different. For this time, the Middle Kingdom's growth goal is lower than consensus ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The Advisers Association (TAA) is calling on the government to mandate major banks and institutions pay an exit levy upon leaving the advice industry to provide relief for financial advisers and mitigate the increasing levy. Earlier this month the Australian ...

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... advantage of growing their market share in terms of advertising reach. Under this Bill, the capacity for big banks and institutions to own wealth management companies and to effectively corner the market is legitimised," Connelly said. Two separate sittings ...

Crescent Foundation partnership to mentor refugees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... resources to this cause. "We hope our support of Deakin University will encourage other private sector corporations and institutions to come forward to help facilitate the inclusion of refugees into the workplace and break through the canvas ceiling ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...

Remediation services profiting from Royal Commission failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... a refund from the multi-million-dollar remediation programs being run by all of Australia's largest financial institutions can use Remediator to manage the refund process. However, Remediator's fee is 20% of the refund amount plus GST (charged ...

OpenMarkets raises $10m, moves up ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... only CommSec, OpenMarkets says feedback from investors in the oversubscribed round, which comprised largely top-tier institutions and high-net-worth investors, highlights confidence in the growth multiplier OpenMarkets Group's (OMG) strategy and API ...

Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... 2020." Andrews said that leaving behind the concerns of last year, the consensus across market economists in key institutions is for GDP in 2021 to come in as a strong 3% to 4% growth. Despite the positive attitude, Andrews said there are several headwinds ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... conditions out of China may have dampened enthusiasm or the region, evident by the much weaker sentiment expressed by institutions this month." The Investor Confidence Index was developed at State Street Associates, State Street Global Markets' research ...

Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... market. "By bringing advisers and their clients together on the one advice platform, we enable our partners, financial institutions, to truly scale their advice propositions," Donohoe said. "With rapid implementation times and great user experiences ...