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Centrepoint pulls out of NEOS Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... executive Angus Benbow announced the business would undergo a redefinition; becoming an advice and business services provider rather than a licensee and dealer group. In announcing the divestment, Benbow said the new strategy is not focused on product ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... argues lifecycle strategies should work out retirement income targets for members and adjust investments to meet that goal rather than taking a "blunt mass customisation" approach. Lifecycle Investing: A refresher reviewed lifecycle strategies five years ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates have been followed by ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... while among Aussie investors 68% were confident. Legg Mason Australia and New Zealand managing director Andy Sowerby said: "Rather than being fearful of market volatility, many investors see this as a long term buying opportunity and say they would invest ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... investors. "With no disclosure about the payments, Mayweather and Khaled's ICO promotions may have appeared to be unbiased, rather than paid endorsements," she said. The SEC also warned against making investment decisions on the back of celebrity ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... consistently decreased over the past 34 months. While the RBA has explicitly stated that the next move in rates would likely be up rather than down and financial markets are betting on the same (whenever that may be), the mounting challenges to the global ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... meant that individual business units and teams "make decisions based on their own knowledge of their own world around them, rather than the greater group" leading to "short-term tactical solutions when problems arose," he said. Elliott highlighted the ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... invests in thousands of companies globally, Darroch said, it doesn't take a deep dive into every single one of them, rather aims to ask boards the right questions. At Australian Ethical, head of ethics research Stuart Palmer says the organisation ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... systems, the researchers said. However, Labor's policy reduces the incentive for retirees to invest in Aussie stocks rather than going overseas. It also abandons the principle that all company profits should be taxed at an investor's marginal ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... the superannuation sector. Shipton denied the payments were an "exchange" for taking further action against the entity, rather a "consequence" of entering into an enforceable undertaking. A negotiated resolution would be appropriate if there wasn't ...