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Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... deficit over the next 10 years; and, the absence of any major global upheaval that would necessitate the safe-haven quality of the US dollar. Mnuchin is correct, the lower US dollar would boost US growth and US inflation. "America First!" remember? Apart ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... assessment of poor quality advice, ASIC said, rather enables it to target its surveillance activity, and reviews the quality of advice to determine whether the advisers are acting in their clients' best interests. Separately, ASIC announced Suncorp subsidiary ...

Wealth firm acquires taxation educator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... training. "They will be able to select from a range of programs and delivery formats, confident in the knowledge of the quality of training being provided," Hayes said. Taxbytes was established by Hotston in 1995. The business is expected to achieve ...

Super fund ESG specialist joins PRI committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... investing. It also advises the PRI on the strategy and execution of the organisation's private equity program. "The quality of the applications and the appointments are a reflection of the standing of the committee and its work within the private equity ...

Alpha Fund Managers awards income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... selected for its consistently strong performance since inception. "We selected Blue Quay because of the expertise and quality of the investment team, and their proven ability to seek out high quality assets to deliver consistent outperformance," Alpha ...

Lapse rates review anxiety unfounded: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... week's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress there is "quite a bit of misunderstanding" around the quality of life insurance work the regulator is conducting. Bird said it was important to clear the air, particularly around ASIC's ...

Centrepoint launches new advice partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... be forming strategic partnerships with those firms in the Partner's Circle, which were selected based on their the quality of advice, satisfaction of clients, levels of client engagement, funds under management, and engagement with Centrepoint. This ...

HSBC cops historic fine for Lehman-linked failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... found that in 2008 HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA had become aware of the deteriorating financial condition and credit quality of Lehman Brothers, having substantially reduced its own exposure to Lehman Brothers. Despite this, the bank continued to sell ...

BTFG widens life insurance APL

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... supported by independent input to make sure the insurance options on our APL meet the demands we expect around the quality of product we recommend to our clients," Watts said. Even though additional insurers will be added to the APL, Watts noted advisers ...

VicSuper names new insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... deliver." "We have had a very successful relationship with our current insurer AMP for many years and maintaining that high quality of service is very important to us," Dundon said. He said the super fund's key focus is to continue to deliver a high ...