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Countplus flags divestments, appoints two principals

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... divesting firms that generated aggregate operating losses in FY2017. At the time, the group said any other firms that "offer little or no capacity for strategic value enhancement" will not be a part of the group's two-year renewal, debt reduction and ...

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... strategy it runs today. A young member base which is not retiring anytime soon, compounded by large cashflows coming in and little money leaving "gives you firepower" as well as a longer time horizon over which to invest. Rainmaker Information shows ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... retail sales had been on a steady downward slope since the middle of 2014 when they grew at a rate of around 6% to just a little over 2% currently (2.1% in the year to August to be exact). The weakness in consumer spending is further highlighted by the ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... annual growth in disposable income slowed to 1.97% in the June quarter from 2.07% in the previous quarter - only just a little bit over the GFC low of 1.76% in the December quarter of 2009. This is not surprising given the sluggish trend in wages - up ...

Security top of mind for investors seeking advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... "In our view, peace of mind is what success is all about. Achieving returns in a way that enables people to relax just a little bit more is very important to us and also to investors." Further insight gleaned from the survey responses show 37% of investors ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... national roadshow recently, Douglass said if advisers remain true to their trusted roles within financial services there is little to fear from robo-advice. "Your business model is not just creating an investment solution; your job is to be the counsellor ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... that was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The much-awaited US Federal Reserve's 19-20 September FOMC meeting produced little, if any, surprises. Interest rates were kept on hold this month but will be lifted by another 25 basis points to 1.5% before ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... omitted from such strategies, overall dividend yields remain high while carbon emissions are roughly halved, indicating little real correlation between carbon and income. The report reads: "Perhaps surprisingly, removing many of the worst offenders (from ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... would expand 6.8% in the third quarter from a year earlier." Not only that, the disappointing set of China growth stats did little to the country's financial markets. The Shanghai Composite index and the yuan/$US exchange rate dipped by 0.4% on the day ...

Managed accounts add brilliant value for dealer group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... for clients in a scalable, more efficient way was nothing short of "brilliant." In the past, McGregor "couldn't do the little things that add value over time." It was much harder to do disciplined rebalancing, and implement asset allocation or portfolio ...