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Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... backstop rather than as a spearhead of a strategy to induce higher sustainable growth" and "it is important to preserve some room for maneuver for more serious downturns". According to Reuters: "Carstens also said the possible short-term gain of lowering ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... was first proposed, arguing that advisers have many commitments to juggle so cannot do two subjects a semester and need room for flexibility. Speaking at the association's national roadshow in Sydney, Anderson urged advisers to speak to their local ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... resolution system that meets strict ASIC standards. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said: "It is widely acknowledged there is room for much improvement when it comes to handling consumer complaints in our financial system. "The Ramsay Panel Review, recent ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... can expect to find themselves in an increasingly powerful position as large institutions leave advice and there is more room for converged advice and accounting firms to become dominant. The white paper found that in the future for every $100 a firm ...

Stewardship lessons from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... stewardship is an area where collaboration, not competition, is often in the interests of end savers. Lastly, there is room for stronger leadership. For example, proactively setting out the standards expected of companies, WTW said. Australia's first ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... time - with roughly 45% saying using ETFs allow them to service a greater number of clients. The report says there is room for advisers to play a bigger role in their clients' ETF investments. "Only 21% of investors indicated that an adviser played ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... in a gradual tightening cycle. Highlighted some structural headwinds on wages. NY Times ("After 7 Years of Job Growth, Room for More, or Danger Ahead?") said tight labor market could pose challenges, particularly in light of the $1.5T tax cut that Congress ...

Australian Unity fund manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... revised proposal did not represent compelling value for AOF unitholders. It closed Starwood Capital's access to its data room for due diligence, alongside the announcement. AOF generated $53 million in revenues for the year ending June, 2018. This was ...

CountPlus acquires interest in integrated wealth firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... behalf of the firm, its people and clients." "O'Brien has experienced consistent revenue with year on year growth. We have room for further improvement and upside. We welcome joining the CountPlus community and look forward to helping achieve the goal ...

Poor performance a fiduciary breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... retail, public sector and industry funds," he said. "We're a $2.7 trillion system. We're massive, so I think there is room for far fewer, significant scale players in the system."