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Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... trade report showed retail spending dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in the month of August. Worse, July's retail figure was downwardly revised from no growth to a 0.2% decline. All but two of the ABS' major retail categories declined over the ...

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 ...

Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
... While institutionally-aligned licensees still represent 65% of the country's financial advisers, the research suggests this figure may drop in the coming years, attributing it primarily to FoFA putting "regulatory and fiduciary onus on individual financial ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
Funding of the newly established Australian Financial Complaints Authority must be fairly distributed across the financial services industry to reflect the accountability of each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... significantly faster than the previous month's 16.5% increase. Discounting the 31.5% surge over the Jan-Feb period, the August figure represents the fastest gain in profits since in four years (August 2013) - the year when China's GDP growth averaged ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Some of Sydney's blue-chip suburbs are among the top postcodes missing out on $18 billion in unclaimed superannuation. Latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office show more than 6.3 million lost and ATO-held super accounts, with $14.12 billion ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... major world central banks are also dumbfounded by this modern day development). Chair Yellen added that: "What we need to figure out is whether the factors that have lowered inflation are likely to prove persistent" and if they do "it would require an ...

Finalist feedback on future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... proving successful for many advisers, increasing accessibility and building trust. "At the moment our industry is trying to figure out how it is that we can help more Australians seek advice in an affordable manner when there are a number of factors ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Governor Philip Lowe's statement explaining the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international ...

Cuffe to join Class board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... election with "such a strong background in finance and investment management." "Chris is a well-known and highly respected figure in the financial services sector. Given his extensive experience and high regard within the industry, we believe his appointment ...