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Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... 40-day timeframe and it's changing the dynamics of large scale transactions, she said. Allen added the policy's message is, "yes, Australia is open for business and encouraging foreign investments," but this isn't reflective what's happening in practice ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce no change in interest rates this month. Yes, there's nothing remotely interesting in that. What's interesting is that while consensus expectations tilt towards no change ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole! US consumers must be partying like it's the year 2000 for they have not been this optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... going to be an experience that leads to an even better healthcare plan." - Remarks by President Trump on the Health Care Bill. Yes Virginia, US President Donald Trump learned a lot last week. The unfolding events did, however, strengthen the credibility ...

Panorama fortifies BTFG adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group's mammoth financial outlay in upgrading its wealth management platform will generate cost savings of $100 million per year with benefits for financial advisers and investors. BTFG head of product development Anil Sagaram said it's ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... fastest rate of increase in producer prices since December 2011 and the eight straight month of accelerating price gains. Yes, that's since July 2016 - after the Brexit vote sent the British pound sharply down.

Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Financial Advice obligations. Following an ASIC investigation, Wealth and Risk Management (WRM), and its related companies Yes FP and Jeca (trading as Yes FS), have been accused by the regulator of various breaches of the Corporations Act and the Australian ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Markets received their regular does of adrenalin again yesterday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest stats on the country's labour market. The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...