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Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... The first one is from Reuters (14 January 2020), "Australian economic outlook overshadowed by bushfires, drought: Reuters poll". According to the article: "Economists polled by Reuters forecast Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.4 trillion) of annual gross ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
"MPs voted to give third reading to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) by 330 to 231 - a majority of 99 - which allows the bill to sail through to the House of Lords where peers will begin line by line scrutiny next week." This the latest news from ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
A debate is raging about what the Financial Advice Standards and Ethics Authority's Code of Ethics means for ESG investing and advising clients on ethical investment options, with FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield looking to clarify the issue. ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... won (contrary to the polls showing Remain will win) and in 2017 (when Theresa May's party lost majority instead of the poll predicted landslide victory). But I digress. Financial Standard has always been looking at fundamentals and... they've ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A new range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) have launched, attempting to address a demand the new FASEA code of ethics could create. A group of financial advisers have come together to launch the SMAs through Ethical Advisers Funds Management. ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
The Ethical Advisers' Co-op has re-released its fund ratings in the lead up to Ethical Investment Week, with some surprising results. The co-op rates superannuation and investment funds by asking the individual advisers that make up the group to ...

Businesses warned to avoid dud funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... insurance premiums. A combined cost of $45 billion per year to our superannuation funds and the insurers they work with." A live poll conducted at the talk showed 76% of those who participated consider fees to be the most important factor, after performance ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... untouched at 1.5% and 1.9% in 2019 and 2020, respectively. These were, more or less, the same numbers that the Reuters' poll (pre-September FOMC announcement) of 120 economists responded to, that revealed that majority of the respondents think the ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... are already doing. A once in a lifetime opportunity that we are missing because of "Boneheads"." But if Reuters' recent poll of 120 economists is any guide, the Fed would only cut interest rates down to 1.5%-1.75%. The poll revealed that majority ...