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Super startup taps new investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... former investment banker Grant Brits. "We are a venture capital firm, so we are typically looking at a return of five to 10 times on our investment over a time horizon of about five years," Aura Group co-founder and managing director Eric Chan said. ...

Super figures point to NSW victory

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Total NSW 5 3 2 2 12 QLD 1 2 2 0 5 Funds based in NSW rank inside the top 10 a whopping 12 times across four time periods, in comparison to QLD's five. The results tighten on a five year basis with the states sharing ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... seeking to understand what are often conflicting signals about the economy. As we have gone about this task over recent times, there has been a progressive accumulation of evidence in support of two conclusions," Lowe said. "The first is that inflation ...

FPA moves to improve adviser mental health

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... different ways. Our new FPA Wellbeing support program is one way to do that," he said. Managing your mental health during times of change and challenge is important for everyone, he added. "I'm proud to be offering this service to our members, and we'll ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest mergers in the customer owned banking sector in recent times. The sector continues consolidate as it struggles to attain the necessary scale to meet market conditions. Regional Australia ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... private markets Michael Weaver added: "Look, these might seem like boring investments to some people. But think about the times we're in and how overvalued so many stocks are." "When things get really expensive, that's the time to move out of the markets ...

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... 75% had some difficulty accessing help from financial services providers in the last 12 months. Participants were also 10 times more likely to have low levels of financial products and services compared to other Australians. Many expressed the trouble ...

Compulsory super detrimental: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... retirement. For homeowners and non-homeowners receiving the full rate of the aged pension, homeowners have approximately nine times the net worth of non-homeowners, Cowan writes. Using that statistic, CIS suggests millennials would be better off with ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... President Trump is about to raise the stakes and expand the scope to currency manipulators. This I learned from The New York Times (NYT) on May 23, headed, 'Trump Administration to Expand Penalties for Currency Manipulators'. The first two paragraphs ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
New research by UBS found wealth management giants could lose more than 30% of their platform profits even if they undertake "radical cost surgery". The big players' funds under administration have been plagued by leakage to independent platforms, retail ...