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Netwealth doubles managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... achieved in the prior corresponding period. Netwealth said it now expects to achieve FY18 net profit after tax of three to 5% above prospectus forecast, based on current economic and market conditions and assumptions including netflows, transaction volumes ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... assumption that iron ore prices would fall to US$55 per tonne by the beginning of 2018." Iron ore's current price is about $30 above the Treasury's forecast. This is important because based on the Treasury's sensitivity analysis, a US$10/tonne increase ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI (all items less fresh food) exceeds 2% and stays above the target in a stable manner". But the yen continued to climb - buoyed in part by the turmoil on Wall Street - and lately ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... expanding the purpose of super needs to be linked to a discussion of how much extra Australians are willing to contribute above 12% to fund the new purpose, and is this a logical balance of current versus future consumption?" she said.

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... Inflation is expected to remain around 3% in the short term, reflecting recent higher oil prices. More generally, sustained above-target inflation remains almost entirely due to the effects of higher import prices following sterling's past depreciation. ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... very much. While the RBA declared in its February statement that: "The central forecast is for CPI inflation to be a bit above 2% in 2018," it also acknowledged both headline and core CPI continue to run below target and "likely to remain low for some ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... expectations, better than the 72% one-year average" and that "80% 80% have beaten consensus sales expectations which is above the 64% one-year average". Sure, inflation could lift but this is a function of this strong growth, that's lifting employment ...

Spring FG wealth GM departs in management restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... education and compliance Cara Edwards will join the executive team of group head of compliance and education. In addition to the above, Spring FG's head of workplace education services, Tony Pelosi, will become a responsible manager of Spring FG Wealth. ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... than DB assets within the next two years," he added. Along with Canada, the UK and the US, WTW highlighted Australia's "above average" allocation to equities (49%), followed by a preference to other asset classes (22%), cash (15%) and bonds (14%). Urwin ...

Small cap IPOs surge above the market in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
New listings in 2017, particularly in the small cap range, significantly outperformed the market on average in 2017, according to HLB Mann Judd research. The research noted there was a 17% increase in new listings in 2017, bringing the total number ...