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Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/11/rbs-cries-sell-everything-as-deflationary-crisis-nears/) - referring to a client note produced by RBS on the 8th of January. "Sell everything except high quality bonds. This is about return of capital ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
REST Industry Super will now deliver online personalised financial advice to its members via a new partnership. Partnering with Midwinter, REST has launched the REST Advice Online platform, based on Midwinter's AdviceOS system. It will allow members ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... centred on the reflation trade and the sell-off in the bond markets since mid-year, a slightly longer term look show that except for the 30 bps increase in 10-year US Treasuries, bond yields are still lower than they were at the start of 2016 - Euro ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds are failing to effectively engage LGBTI members due to antiquated rules on gender identity, and the need for reform is growing. Addressing the recent FPA Professionals Congress in Perth, high-profile transgender Catherine McGregor ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... declined by 3.4% following a 6.2% drop in September. All told, Australia's October trade deficit remains the smallest (except for September) since December 2014. The relatively cheaper A$, rising commodity prices and reflating world economy should underpin ...

APSEC appoints former Macquarie analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Atlantic Pacific Securities (APSEC) made a senior appointment to its analyst team. Tim Montague-Jones will join APSEC, bringing more than 20 years' of investment management experience. Montague-Jones joins from Macquarie Group where he was a senior ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Australian superannuation funds, on average, have the lowest number of in-house portfolio managers when compared across several global pension systems. Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... than expected 54.6 in November from 54.8 in the previous month, it remains well over the expansion/contraction line and (except for October) remains the highest level this year. Eurozone Markit composite PMI Markit Economics' final PMI readings show ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... the year. Approvals for private sector houses declined by 3.4% over the month and fell by 5.7% in the year to October. Except for the ACT, approvals fell in all of Australia's states and territories. The building approvals figures are notoriously volatile ...

HUB24 acquires specialist fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
HUB24 has entered into an agreement to purchase a provider of financial services data exchange software which currently services about 40% of Australia's stockbroking market. Agility Applications, formed in 2007 by Craig Apps and Paul Biggs, develops ...