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Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The US consumer is back...and with a vengeance. Retail sales rebounded by a higher than expected 0.6% in the month of March following three consecutive months of declines - 0.1% in December, -0.2% in January, -0.1% in February - that took the annual ...

Crowe Horwath names senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
Financial advisory and accounting services firm Crowe Horwath has appointed a national lead and promoted a long-serving employee. Jara Dean will be responsible for the audit methodology and function across the business as national technical senior manager ...

Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Diversified advisory and wealth management firm Grant Thornton Australia is furthering its commitment to the indigenous business community with the appointment of a partner to its Cairns office. Former registrar of indigenous corporations Anthony Beven ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
Magellan Asset Management chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass believes financial advisers should not fear robo-advice in an era where artificial intelligence and big data can dominate discussion. Speaking at Magellan's financial ...

First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Profit-to-member superannuation fund First State Super is expanding its executive team with the appointment of a chief financial officer. Tim Elliott, previously the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at StatePlus, has taken up the ...

BTIM boosts FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... funds managed by BTIM will therefore be repriced leading to a reduction in management fee revenue by about 2%. Its US business continued to attract strong inflows thanks to its recently launched multi-asset expansion strategies; the UK and European operations ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A few more sleeps and the fed funds rate would no longer have a zero in front of a decimal point but a one. Unless something surprisingly dramatic occurs between now and the ides of March (15th of March), the US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its ...

VanEck expands investment lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... investment team will be bolstered by the return of a New York-based associate manager. Brett Liddell, who joined VanEck's US business in 2012, has relocated back to Sydney to take on a senior role within the Australian team. Liddell will deliver portfolio ...

Countplus appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Countplus is welcoming the former chair of the Financial Planning Association as its new chief executive. Matthew Rowe will take the reins at the ASX-listed wealth management group having been a director since October last year. He is also chair and ...

New Blue Sky MD shoots for $5bn

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... statement," he told an ASX update the firm would aim for $10 billion in AUM "shortly thereafter." Describing Blue Sky's new US business as "one of substance," he pointed to the firm's first US private equity transaction in FY16 and said he expected "we ...