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Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... around 1.5% next year, we should be able to avoid a recession," he said. Oliver outlined seven supporting factors for his view, starting with a "reasonably solid" business investment outlook. "Business investment plans for the year ahead remain strong. ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Rest revamps equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... portfolio construction responsibilities. Rest's whole-of-fund approach is a total portfolio approach. "We take a holistic view to identify and manage risks and opportunities within the entire portfolio to enhance our investment decision-making and ...

Cbus overhauls climate change reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... modest, but still significant, 10.79%. "The transparency that we now have in this measure is liberating. It gives us a clearer view of the road to achieve 45%. We will be more certain that we have fulsomely discharged our duty to our members when we ...

Financial adviser registration delayed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... Australian Business Registry Service. "ASIC has been engaging closely with industry about how best to implement stage one, with a view to ensuring the obligation on licensees to register financial advisers operates as efficiently as possible," Treasury ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... be retained subject to an additional requirement that the client provides their consent to the benefit." "In forming this view, I acknowledge that these benefits create a conflict for the adviser (or other recipient) and that this conflict creates a ...

ClearView abandons potential takeover transactions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... exploring a potential change of control transaction. ClearView said several parties took part in a due diligence process with the view to submit a takeover proposal. However, the ClearView board has determined that it didn't receive any proposals as ...

PAC Capital buys Clearwater Portfolio Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... Gary in particular, has built the firm's diversified strategies since 2012," he said. "Gary and I share similar points of view in terms of managing risk and market analysis. I look forward to working with Gary and the Clearwater team, taking our diversified ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... lower for longer. "This buys us time to fix some of the issues that risk household financial distress," Saxena said. "In my view, the main risk to the Australian economy is financial distress. I expect the real economy to be resilient if we can avoid ...

Apex Group brings Global Compliance Solutions to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... supporting the superannuation industry's transition to responsible and sustainable investment strategies," Bhambra explained. "We view compliance as a business enabler, and our solutions will enable Australia's investment managers, corporate trustee ...