AMP executive joins MLC Life

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| By Rhea Nath |

The insurer has appointed Craig Dainton, former director of strategic projects and deputy chief financial officer at AMP, as general manager of customer and adviser operations.

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Rhea Nath

Rhea L Nath is a journalist at Money Management. She has previously worked as a business reporter with Dynamic Business and journalist in the multicultural media with Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.

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Will structural inflation be the end of property growth?

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| By James Mitchell |

Funds management

Australians like to believe property values double every 10 years. It doesn’t — and the next decade could see annual growth rates of around 3 per cent as we navigate a new era of structural inflation.

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James Mitchell

James Mitchell is a senior financial services reporter with over ten years experience. He has covered the Murray Inquiry, the Hayne royal commission and the evolution of Australia's financial intermediary sectors since 2011, with a focus on banking, superannuation, mortgages and wealth management.

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Advice complaints on the decline but ‘getting more complex’: AFCA

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| By Rhea Nath |

Financial planning

Monthly complaints have fallen, but they could rise again by opening the scope of advice to other providers, according to AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice Shail Singh.

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Rhea Nath

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Why Abood believes funds could struggle without digital strategies

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

Financial planning

In questioning whether financial advice is “too complex” for the average Australian, Sarah Abood has reiterated the importance of digital tools to address accessibility concerns.

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Jasmine Siljic

Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.

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Former Future Fund chief technology officer joins Praemium

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

People & Products

The investment platform has appointed Richard Large as chief technology officer, a former CTO at Australia’s $250 billion sovereign wealth fund.

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Jasmine Siljic

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Where does relevant provider registration with ASIC now stand?

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| By Rhea Nath |

Financial planning

ASIC’s senior executive leader, Leah Sciacca, has provided an update on the status of financial adviser registration with the regulator since it was delayed in November 2022.

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Rhea Nath

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Invest Blue invests $2m in Lumiant’s digital platform

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| By Rhea Nath |

Financial planning

The national financial advice firm has announced a strategic partnership with Lumiant to build a cloud-based platform that would boost advice clients’ engagement and satisfaction.

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Rhea Nath

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How the US Federal Reserve killed regional banks

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| By James Mitchell |

Funds management

An aggressive hiking cycle, an inverted yield curve and maturing government bonds have created a major banking disaster.

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James Mitchell

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How is RIAA engaging with financial advisers?

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| By Laura Dew |

Financial planning

In conversation with Money Management, RIAA’s chief executive, Simon O’Connor, has shared how the organisation is creating initiatives to engage and help the advice community.

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Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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JPMAM’s Craig pushes back on Fed rate cut

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| By Laura Dew |

Funds management

There are unlikely to be rate cuts by central banks this year, according to JPMAM’s Kerry Craig, but investors need to prepare their portfolios for a 2024 rate reversal.

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Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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