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Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... wages, consumer spending and inflation to: "The Australian economy can support an unemployment rate of below 5% without raising inflation concerns. This would be consistent with the experience overseas, with many other advanced economies sustaining lower ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Sydney hedge fund manager is raising $300 million for an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... announced it is opening its doors to new investors with a funding push, appointing Morgan Stanley to drive the capital raising. 86 400 chief executive Robert Bell said: "Bringing Morgan Stanley on is really important for us because they are a global ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... 53%. Contributing to this growth is the arrival of international insurtechs, which now account for 30% of the market. Raising capital appears to be improving as a third of insurtechs have secured more than $2 million, up from 24% in 2018. But more work ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... course. Labour market conditions are solid and strong. While measured inflation remains below target, note the Fed started raising interest rates in December 2015 (from 0-0.25% to 0.25%-0.5%) and in December 2016 (to 0.5%-0.75%) despite inflation expectations ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... to invest. However, the survey did confirm it is more difficult to get capital out of China and there are challenges in raising capital in Australia - these factors lead Chinese investors to have a deteriorating outlook for revenue and profit growth ...

Powerwrap makes a move on IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... about $1 million in assets. In total, it has $7 billion in funds under advice on its platform and 123 firms use it. It was raising capital for an IPO in April last year. At the time, Davidson told Financial Standard that the company had raised $7.5 million ...

AMP, Griffith University support professionalism

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
AMP is funding a financial advice research fellowship with the aim of raising professional standards in the advice industry. The new research fellowship and scholarship program is in partnership with Griffith University's Business School. As part of ...

Financial services industry digs deep for charity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... a meaningful way." "For 13 years, FICAP has had the incredible support of the financial services industry in not only raising serious money for charity - but also raising the roof at RockStar - and last night was no exception. "We couldn't be more pleased ...

Heffron reshuffles leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... practice to help their clients and grow their businesses. Both Martin and I look forward to playing a continuing role in raising standards in SMSFs, and retirement more broadly," she said. Heffron chair Richard Cawsey noted that with Martin Heffron in ...