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Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
ClearView's LaVista Licensee Solutions has had a boost to its books thanks to the increase in self-licensed financial advice practices seeking dealer services, such as back-office infrastructure and support. Now NSW-based practice Macaplan Financial ...

Aberdeen Standard hires retirement head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... workers. ASI managing director Brett Jollie said Nyilas' experience in wealth and retirement ensured he was the right person to push the firm to develop sustainable retirement solutions for Australia, noting the firm also holds significant pensions experience ...

MetLife appoints new distribution lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... to grow the business and to be able to do that we need the right capabilities at the most senior level. "I see the need to push harder in both these areas as the way forward to making a real impact on the market and ultimately our customers." He added ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... for their portfolios, noting the relatively consistent focus on liquidity and the ability to perform daily valuations may push investors into strategies with less options for diversification. "Currently, most retirement investment vehicles are largely ...

Blue chips hit board diversity target

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The boards of the top 200 ASX-listed companies have reached the 30% gender diversity target set four years ago. According to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, 30% of ASX200 boards comprise female directors. More than 40 companies currently ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... expectations for a 185,000 gain. The uncertainty over Trump's tariffs and its impact on global growth has prompted the ECB to push the timing of its first rate hike in eight years further out to the second half of 2020, from "at least through the ...

Fund manager creates new investment role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... in September 2003. The fund has investments worth over $500 million. He added the appointment also coincides with a retail push to boost Eley Giffith's emerging companies fund, which was launched two years ago. Griffiths said: "We're thrilled to bits ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... substitute goods. Concludes higher tariffs likely to create large economic distortions and reduce US tariff revenues." And if push comes to shove, China could employ the "nuclear option" and sell down its US$1.1 trillion US debt holdings to force Trump ...

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Centuria Capital is expanding its remit, acquiring more than 63% of a specialist fund manager and launching a new entity. The investment manager has poured more than $24 million into specialist healthcare property fund manager Heathley Limited and its ...