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Advice licensees must think digital

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... great step forward in an ever growing area of engagement for advice professionals; we need to continue to improve that figure with the support of the licensees and associations," Pearse said. The research also identifies a split in the Australian advice ...

Industry giant retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
Celebrated financial services figure Barry Lambert is retiring from the Class board of directors. Lambert, aged 70, said he is retiring to concentrate on campaign work for greenlight.support, an advocacy group which lobbies for patients to have access ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Bah, humbug! This appears to be the message from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on retail spending. The report showed that domestic retail sales fell by 0.1% in the month of December following a small 0.1% gain in the previous ...

Former Suncorp executive joins ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... 'income gains' over the past year - one of the lowest levels since the first survey in 2011 and down from the corresponding figure of 38% 12 months ago," Oughton said. However, the financial comfort of retirees has grown by 8% to 6.23 out of 10, attributable ...

Partners Life appoints new chairman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... have directly worked in New Zealand, but the connection has always been a strong one for me." Minto is a revered industry figure with over 26 years' experience in the financial services sector. He spent nine years as managing director of TAL and is a ...

Celebrated sporting figure joins Pan-Tribal board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
A well-known figure in Australian sports will join the Pan-Tribal Asset Management board. Former Australian water polo representative Peter Kerr has been appointed as a non-executive director at Pan-Tribal, bringing with him extensive experience in ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... quarterly increase in the previous three-month period and are lower than market expectations for a 0.7% pick-up. The latest figure takes the annual headline inflation rate to 1.5% from 1.3% third quarter and 1.0% in the second quarter. Inflation might ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The latest activity and inflation figures out of the US fit in nicely with Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Talking about "The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them", Yellen all but confirmed ...

Former ClearView chair joins CountPlus

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Countplus boosted its board to six members with the appointment of a new non-executive director. Raymond Kellerman joins the ASX-listed Count Financial while also sitting on the boards of Goodman Funds Management, Foundation Life and Ryder Capital. ...

Energy fuels US cross-border inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... propelled by a 7.7% surge in energy prices but the more closely-watched agricultural export prices dropped by 0.3%. The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth rate in export prices up to 1.1% -- the first positive reading in more than two year (August ...