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The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none." This explains the equity markets pre-Christmas cheer. Infrastructure spending would boost jobs and improve productive capacity in the US economy and now (if not yesterday) ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... Peer Select Investment and the High Yield Investment Account. He said these expect to be released in an update prior to Christmas. "La Trobe Direct will give over 24,000 retail mum and dad members in our $1.23 billion Credit Fund better control in placing ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas everybody, merry Christmas! The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) played jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... pharmaceutical products (+4.8%). Clothing and footwear prices fell 2.6% in the quarter, reflecting discounting during the post-Christmas sales. The main contributor to the drop was accessories prices, down 4.3%. ASFA said the price rises for both medical ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... station in Australian hands." Naoumidis said when the property fund manager entered the bidding for Kidman just before Christmas there was no shortage of sceptics in the market "who believed it was little more than a publicity stunt." The end result ...

Telstra Super hunting new executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... Super is continuing its search for a new head of property and infrastructure following the departure of Greg Lee before Christmas. The $17 billion corporate superannuation fund accepted Lee's resignation effective 18 December 2015. A short statement ...

NAS searching for new EGM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... Asset Servicing business. The appointment follows the resignation of NAS executive general manager Matt Brown prior to Christmas after spending about nine months in the top position. NAB confirmed it has commenced a search for a new executive general ...

Equip drops super fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Industry superannuation fund Equipsuper has presented members with an early Christmas present, announcing it will cut fees and costs for accumulation and pension members from February 2016. Fee and cost cuts at the $7 billion fund have come from investment ...

Aussies don't want gift of super this Christmas

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Over the Christmas break about 30% of Australians would rather pay off debt than top up their superannuation balances according to the latest MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. Interviewing more than 2000 people in its quarterly survey, MLC found investor's ...