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Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...

ASIC confirms new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
ASIC has appointed a new chief information officer. Jo Harper has been acting information chief since February following Wendy Bryant's departure and has now been confirmed in the role. She joined ASIC in 2013 as senior manager, IT assurance and later ...

Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen slammed the Turnbull Government's decision to proceed with its nomination for ASIC's next chair. Bowen said Labor "makes it very clear" it will not support the appointment of Credit Suisse chair and former CBA general counsel ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

Managed accounts add brilliant value for dealer group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
Managed accounts are enabling an independent advice group to be more disciplined in its investment approach, and adding more value to the client relationship, according to its co-founder. GPS Wealth principal adviser and co-founder, Rob McGregor, who ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
The ongoing "cage fight" between active and index managers has a tendency to overshadow some essential tenets of portfolio construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The financial headlines talked about the Bank of Canada's (BOC) decision last night to raise its benchmark overnight rate by 25 basis points to 1% - and the Bank Rate and the deposit rate by the same to 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

EQT eyes global expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
Equity Trustees (EQT) is well positioned to expand globally after a successful acquisition and corporate restructure boosted its bottom line performance in the year to June. After-tax profit grew 16% to $15.4 million, while funds under management reached ...

MBS Insurance welcomes two partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
Specialist risk advice practice MBS Insurance promoted two of its financial advisers to partners. Both Chris MacKenzie and Brent McCullough joined Sydney-headquartered MBS Insurance about five years ago. MacKenzie joined the firm as an insurance adviser ...