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No progress on super wealth gap in 12 years

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The gap in superannuation balances between the rich and the poor and also between men and women has shown little sign of narrowing in the last 12 years, according to the latest annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... their stakeholders, underlying all of this is a client need for efficient operations and technology. "What used to be a little word in the term of back office is now one of the biggest words they've been investing in over the last couple of years. We've ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... band at 6.6857 yuan per dollar, down 0.39% from the previous day's close. The Chinese central bank's latest move caused little stir in the financial markets. This could be because this has lately become a regular occurrence that could be predicted based ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... of these uncertainties become more certain. Next month, when the composition of the Australian government is known or a little bit longer when Brexit dies down. Or until November, when Americans vote for their own leader? With the global political system ...

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... equities is between 17 to 20%. "Now that's a far way off the 1-5% average across the country or those unadvised and it's a little bit under what the professional managers are doing. SMSF trustees who use a platform with an adviser, in our experience ...

Report finds fresh barriers to funds management exports

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
There has been very little progress in removing barriers preventing the export of Australian financial services seven years after the release of the Johnson report. Now a new survey of fund managers reveals the situation could even be worse than before ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... eased to a net balance of 1 from 2 in May. CBI noted in the report that, "The recent fall in the pound appears to have done little for our exporters. It may be that the growing uncertainty in the run-up to the EU referendum, combined with global risks ...

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... vast bulk of the largest companies aren't growing, are otherwise challenged or are in cyclical industries that provide little to no net long-term growth," Montgomery said. He added: "Most of the large cap companies in Australia are mature businesses ...

Super uncertainty makes engagement top priority

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Jackson National Life Insurance Company. Hope said the cost benefits were clear. "Interactive, personalised videos cost as little as $1 per video versus $12 for a single call to customer support and $137 to outside sales," Hope said. He added about 100 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... well, with the RBA more focused on the inflation outlook - encouragingly, inflation indicators in the survey picked up a little this month." China retail sales Chinese retail spending slowed a tad to 10.0% in the year to May - the slowest pace since ...