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Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... exceptionally strong returning year, most financial asset prices have risen and yields have fallen sharply, but if central banks remain on hold and growth expectations improve, despite valuations looking high, markets could continue to rise," he said. ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... the US-China trade tensions (the phase one deal had been signed), Brexit is no longer uncertain and major global central banks continue to maintain accommodative monetary policies. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), for one, is expected to lower the ...

Revolution Asset Management launches second fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... Super as investors. ACSRF is back again with an investment in the new fund. Other investors are understood to be private banks, not-for-profits and HNWs. Fund II will have the same strategy and return profile as the original one. But this time, the boutique ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... 'Bank of Mum and Dad' could disrupt traditional players. "If people are going to their parents for a loan instead of banks then there is room for disruption from new players in the lending space to come and get market share," he said. Funder ...

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Latitude Financial Group has joined the big four banks and a number of insurers as the most complained about financial services companies in the country. It comes after a particularly bad year for Latitude; suffering what has been deemed the biggest ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... CBDC just yet; though this could change in the near future. "The Bank's assessment - like those of most other central banks - is that the case for issuing a CBDC for use by households has not been established," it said. "However, it may be that greater ...

IOOF identifies 67 high risk advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... further information once it has completed its internal analysis. Despite remediation payments lagging behind the big four banks, IOOF said it believes doing analysis over a six month period would be considered "reasonably swift".

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Crude oil prices rose in the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The ...

ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... ASIC's decision. He is the 64th adviser to be banned by ASIC under its investigation of the conduct at the big four banks, AMP and Macquarie. ASIC is looking at the conduct of Australia's biggest financial institutions in areas of credit and ...

FPA offers pro bono support to bushfire victims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... or community members are affected, Tribeca will provide financial advice services at no charge." This comes after the big banks pledged millions to assist those impacted and industry super funds promised to fast track claims for anyone affected by the ...