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Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... confidence vote against a sitting PM within the next 12 months means that May will be taking the UK to Brexit after all. Whether or not the parliament will vote for the deal she negotiates with the EU is another matter altogether but at least, one source ...

ASIC drags RG97 transition period

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... "Improving fee and cost disclosure in superannuation is vitally important both for consumers and regulators, but poor disclosure is not going to help anyone and could lead to serious unintended consequences." Scheerlinck added the AIST is urging ASIC ...

Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... think we are looking to raise over $100 million in the next year for the ABS strategy," Quin told Financial Standard. "It will not be just through mFunds, we have recently added the fund to a few platforms and received ratings." Quin says it's hard ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... achieved when EU president Juncker have already stated that the EU would stand pat by the current agreement on Brexit and is not open to re-opening negotiations. But in the world of international diplomacy, there would be some give and take. May's ...

FIIG turns to institutional market

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... fill the void left in the sector by Australia's banks. "Servicing some sectors of the institutional fixed income market is not often viewed as a core business line for Australian intermediaries, such as the banks. This is particularly the case in the ...

FPA reviews disciplinary regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... interest 'calls', whereby the need for public protection should receive greater prominence and be made by the chair of the CRC, not by FPA staff. It also recommended that members' identified as being in breach of a conduct rule have their names publicised ...

DomaCom raises more capital

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
Fractional property investment firm DomaCom recently raised about $3 million in capital. After its recent win in the Federal Court, the firm is aiming to capitalise on its success by recapitalising. In a press release this week, the firm said it secured ...

Retirement income covenant consultation continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... eliminates dense text and includes graphics. "The fact sheet would be designed to be used as one source of information. They would not replace or remove the need for funds to provide PDSs and would be required for all retirement products," the paper ...

Complainants most satisfied with life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... means of making contact, followed by email, face to face and social media. Only a few (21%) complainants whose issues were not resolved in the timeframe set by ASIC had the external dispute resolution (EDR) process explained to them. ASIC said this was ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... key part of the solution in this instance will be increased contributions," Frontier said. The authors say this approach is not bulletproof - for example in cases where the markets are particularly bad - but it should improve outcomes for most members ...