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Equity Trustees acquires superannuation trustee

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... increased 17.3% to $11.2 million year on year. It will pay a dividend of 44 cents per share. O'Brien commented: "The outlook is encouraging for the remainder of FY19 and beyond, with attractive industry fundamentals and a substantial and growing ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... stance from tightening to a neutral stance which, at the time, I surmised could be enough to change sentiment and the outlook for Australia - particularly through the good fortune the depreciation of the Australian dollar brings. But so far, not so good. ...

AUM growth subdued to 2025: Bloomberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... managers will drop 11% over the next six years. Most of the 1950 global asset managers surveyed in the Asset Management Outlook to 2025 provided conservative AUM growth forecasts over the medium term, describing it as "strong but not stellar." Less than ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... professional standards and all the other requirements coming from running a compliant advice business," he said. "If you want my outlook, my outlook will be that we will be able to really partner with our larger and more professionally run advice practices ...

Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... the deputy). This follows previous MIM global head Ben Bruck's move to MIM's executive chairman. The group's short-term outlook is subject to: foreign exchange impacts, potential regulatory changes and tax uncertainties, market conditions, completion ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... greater-than-usual short-term volatility in UK data, which may therefore provide less of a signal about the medium-term outlook. Heightened uncertainty and elevated bank funding costs are assumed to subside over time, as greater clarity on future trading ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... No, Virginia, that wasn't a misquote, it's taken from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update dated January 2018. That time, the IMF projected euro area growth of 2.0% for this year (an upgrade from 1.7% ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... pictures. It appears that the RBA continues to hitch its star on the improving labour market and its impact on wages. "The outlook for the labor market remains positive. The unemployment rate is 5%, the lowest in six years. With the economy expected ...

Hiring outlook subdued: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Despite numerous job indices recording a rosy hiring outlook in 2019, Financial Standard's latest poll shows readership optimism is more subdued. Half of the financial services firms surveyed plan to decrease headcount this year. About a third (30%) ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
"Our tightenings or loosenings of monetary policy are determined by the inflation outlook. If the economy wants to grow faster than it currently is, and inflation is not showing any tendency to rise to the point where it could threaten our medium-term ...