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Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... international have returned more than 15% in the 12 month period to June 2017, while global infrastructure and direct property not far behind. In the same period fixed interest portfolios have averaged around 1% and less for Australian only fixed interest," ...

First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... downsizing incentives, and a raft of additional superannuation and retirement policies announced following this years' Budget may not be introduced to Parliament before the end of the year. As per the Legislation Proposed for Introduction in the 2017 ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... inflation would be achievable only at the cost of higher unemployment and, in all likelihood, even weaker income growth". Not to mention on overall GDP growth - which in the latest 'Quarterly Inflation Report' (QIR) the BOE revised lower to 1.7% (from ...

AIA announces pricing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Protection and Priority Protection for Platform Investors products will be affected by the changes. Existing policyholders will not be impacted, the life insurer said. Under its newly introduced large sum insured discount band, new members with higher ...

CBA blames reporting failure on software error

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... AUSTRAC of more than 53,000 large cash deposits in its intelligent deposit machines was caused by a software error which was not discovered for more than two years. In a public statement CBA outlined how when the machines were first rolled out in May ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
The first model portfolio of exchange-traded bond units linked to floating rate notes is now available to Australian and Asian retail investors. Quantifeed and XTB have partnered to deliver the XTB Active Cash Australia model portfolio, meeting growing ...

Advice too pricey for poor Australians

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
About 75% of Australians have not engaged a financial adviser in the last five years, with many believing it's too expensive and they don't earn enough to justify doing so. The majority of Australians who did visit a financial adviser in the last five ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... All Ordinaries index is up 0.9%. Never mind comparing it to the S&P 500 index - up 10.6% for the year - but the All Ords has not even produced even half of the FTSE100's 5.2% gain (despite lingering Brexit uncertainty); nor the Nikkei225's 4.4% appreciation ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Publicly the ASX has said it will make a final decision on Australia's post-trade technology before the end of 2017. Hype or not, Australia's wealth managers have implemented several blockchain or distributed ledger solutions solving vast problems and ...