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CommInsure eyes deferred lifetime annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
CommInsure is looking to expand its annuity offering as it sees opportunity in the fast-approaching deadline for superannuation funds to develop comprehensive retirement income products (CIPRs). The life insurer, which is in the process of changing ...

CountPlus firm acquires advice boutique

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
A member of the CountPlus network has acquired a boutique financial planning practice. Kidmans Partners has acquired Latitude Advisory Services in a move designed to broaden its offering. Latitude managing principal Rod Geilman is set to become a principal ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... helping the situation, ASIC and AFM said, is the fact that disclosures are often provided after someone has committed to a purchase or in a situation where the consumer does not have time to read it (for example, in a meeting where a consumer is expected ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a duck? It is not, according to the US Federal Reserve. On October 11, the Fed issued a press release explaining its plan to buy Treasury bills at "an initial pace of approximately $60 billion per ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Just as the clamour among central banks for fiscal policy aid continue to grow - recently supported by prescriptions from international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ...

New open ended fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
A trans-Tasman asset manager is launching a new fund for Australian investors. Milford Asset Management announced the launch of the Milford Dynamic Fund, saying it will build on the momentum generated by the Milford Australian Absolute Growth Fund. ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

Hong Kong drops LSE bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... another bid for at least six months. The HKEX now joins Germany's Deutsche Boerse, which has made three failed attempts to purchase the LSE.

Integrity Life focuses on SMEs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... and completely transparent. It is very much an off-the-shelf solution that is easy for business owners to understand, purchase and administer, and provides SMEs with a great way of protecting their greatest asset - their employees," Integrity Life managing ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
He said, he said. This must be a thing now. Just as US President Trump and his central bank governor Jerome Powell don't see eye to eye with the conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime ...