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Bentleys NSW takes the leap into financial planning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Mid-tier accounting, taxation and audit firm, Bentleys NSW, has launched a new financial advisory division, Bentleys Wealth Advisors. Led by newly appointed managing director of Bentleys Wealth Advisors, Matthew Cassidy, the division is focused on offering ...

Prime Financial increases stake in MPR

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... time at around $4 million annually. This has since grown to more than $5.5 million. Madder said Prime's ongoing equity interest in MPR will vary according to acquisition activity and the funding mechanisms utilised. He added MPR's focus is on supporting ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... Recent updates on these two indicators - both stronger than expected - have stoked speculations that the Fed could raise interest rates as early as next month. This was not the case for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - which given deteriorating fundamentals ...

ABA denies precedent for matching RBA cash rates

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
The Australian Bankers' Association has rejected calls from Parliament to justify its interest rate pricing based on the Reserve Bank's cash rate. Following the RBA cutting the cash rate to 1.75%, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told media that "the ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
New research from Zurich reveals that nearly half of Australians (47%) believe they have a less than 10% chance of lost earnings due to disability or illness. The research conducted in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment ...

AZNGA subsidiary acquires adviser firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZNGA) subsidiary, Wise Planners, has entered an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of a Sydney based firm. Wise Planners will acquire Domane Financial Advisers (DFA), based in St Leonards. The firm advises over 1000 ...

VicSuper chief wins FEAL award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon has been named the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year. The 15th annual Fund Executive of the Year award was presented at a FEAL members' dinner at the Sheraton on the Park in ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... 60% of bank funding coming from local deposits it's not hard to see why banks in Australia are desperate to keep the interest rates they pay to their depositors as high as they can even if that means they have cop flak for charging mortgage rates slightly ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... his update to investors, Douglass was candid about predictions he made last year for a faster than expected rise in US interest rates which is so far yet to materialise. While it's likely Magellan will prove to be early to the bet rather than wrong ...