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Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... "strong protections in place", to ensure the platform's safety. Facebook said financial services had not yet followed the trend of personal communications in the 21st century, which have democratised thanks to the relative ubiquity of the internet and ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
A question about gender inequality in retirement was met with silence and then laughter at the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney. UNSW associate professor Anthony Asher, Mercer senior actuary David Knox and Rice Warner founder Michael Rice ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... Rachel Ong from Curtin University and professor of housing and housing studies Gavin Wood from RMIT. Wood explained that the trend towards more Australians retiring still owing a significant amount of money on their mortgages has worrying implications ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
BetaShares and Legg Mason have launched a new active ETF that will invest in emerging markets equities. Martin Currie, a Legg Mason affiliate, will manage the new exchange-traded fund, called the BetaShares Legg Mason Emerging Markets Fund (managed ...

Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A $12 billion government superannuation fund moved to reinforce the retirement savings of its members by investing in timber and agriculture. LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital. ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... oil production (set to expire at the end of June), or even impose a greater reduction in output. Much will depend on the trend in oil prices leading up to the meeting.

J.P. Morgan cuts management fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Australia has slashed management fees on all bond funds by nearly a third. From 1 June 2019, management fees for the following bond funds have been reduced: JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund - from 0.60% to 0.40%; JPMorgan ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... legal, banking, furniture and white goods retailing, landscaping, etc. A reversal or even just a stoppage of the rising trend decline would help slow/halt the weakening momentum in the Australian economy. Wait, there's more! Note the Aussie dollar's ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... "By blending the strategies, we can participate in different market events and diversification benefits." One interesting trend Choudhury is seeing is financial advisers looking to what the big, institutional investors are doing and where their mindset ...

Big four satisfaction on road to recovery

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... According to the research house, both the satisfaction and net promoter score (NPS) levels of the big four banks have begun to trend upwards in the last two months. Satisfaction levels were up 0.6 percentage points to 75.9% between February and April ...