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Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving an average of 12.4 hours per week on portfolio management tasks, according to research from NAB and Investment Trends. The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment ...

Argo chairman retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
The long-time chairman and director of Argo Investments will retire in June. In a set of announcements to the ASX, Argo confirmed Ian Martin will retire from his positions with the firm, including the chairmanship of both Argo Investments and Argo's ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
It's good and...it's bad. The statistician's estimates of the Australian labour market for April provide something to crow about for the optimists and the pessimists alike. As the bulls would have it (that includes the Coalition government ...

AMP Advice risk chief departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The chief risk officer at AMP's embattled financial advice business has resigned. Pally Bargri has departed his post as AMP Advice chief risk officer, stating he does not have the capacity required to help steer the under fire wealth manager through ...

Industry fund chief executive retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The chief executive at one of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds will retire at year's end. Chief executive of First State Super, Michael Dwyer, will depart the 750,000 member super fund in November following his current contract ...

JPMAM names acquisitions officer for Australia and New Zealand

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a new acquisitions officer, Australia and New Zealand for real estate Asia-Pacific. James Santi takes on the newly-created role having previously been senior director of capital markets at CBRE. Prior to that ...

Peak bodies join forces over due diligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and the Financial Services Council have joined forces, releasing guidance tools designed to help fund managers prepare operational due diligence reports for the superannuation industry. The FSC has ...

Gig economy intriguing millennials: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Latest research from Deloitte shows 43% of millennials envisage leaving their job within two years. The accounting firm's 2018 survey into millennials and Gen Z shows the two generations do not hold much loyalty to their employer, and are intrigued ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Now look at what you've done. It's over! Japan's eight consecutive quarters of expansion is no more. Preliminary estimates show the country's real GDP contracted by 0.2% in the March quarter, more than reversing the 0.1% gain in the ...

Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
Now we know. Growth in Australian wages remained stuck cruising at a low altitude of 2.1% in the March 2018 quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter and the quarter before that. Take these annual growth rates to two decimal places and we find that ...