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Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... alteration of monetary policy." This brings me way back to the "Taylor Rule". For quick reference, here's Wikipedia's definition (yes, yes I know): "In economics, a Taylor rule is a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... past few months, despite the unemployment rate dropping to a 42-year low (May 1975) of 4.3% in the three months to July - yes, a let up in escalating consumer prices could help support household consumption. Real wage growth has been negative since February ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Federal Government is planning to turn superannuation on its head with a package of reforms introduced by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer yesterday. The reforms, which apply equally to all APRA regulated superannuation ...

Alternative investment manager opens Sydney office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... look 20 years down the road, what we call quantitative and systematic today will become part of the normal asset management. Yes there'll still be boutique firms who will hark back to the 'old fashioned way' of investing on a discretionary basis, but ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The conduct and culture within Australia's big banks is a major problem and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
Clients of BGL Corporate Solutions and Xero will see their compliance workloads reduced following the integration of Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 with Xero Practice Manager. The two-way integration upgrade will ensure that changes made to a client's ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... the resources and expertise necessary to identify outperforming managers. If not, one should allocate 100% to passive; if yes, one should then ask key questions about gross alpha expectation and risk tolerance prior to finding an adequate active-passive ...

CBA class action moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
IMF Bentham today announced it will formally fund an open class action against the Commonwealth Bank relating to alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. The class action will consist of shareholders who purchased ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... here are very calm and you know, you don't have a crisis here. If you stop people here and ask questions about North Korea, yes, they will talk about those nuclear weapons and they will talk about the threat from North Korean missiles. But if you walk ...

Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
An ETF that invests in companies greatly supporting the Republican Party is set to launch. The Point Bridge GOP Stock Tracker Index will invest in S&P 500 companies with employees and political action committees or PACs that are "highly supportive of ...