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Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... from 1.8% in the December 2018 quarter. This missed market expectations for an already sharp slowdown to 1.5%. A similar trend is evident in the core inflation measures. The trimmed mean inflation gauge softened to 1.6% in the March quarter (from 1.8% ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... participants indicated that if the economy evolved as they currently expected, with economic growth above its longer-run trend rate, they would likely judge it appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate modestly later this year. ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... day, in reaction to the Politburo's statement. Still, the index remains 33.7% higher this year to date and its upward trend remains intact.

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
XPLAN continues to be the top application of choice for financial advisers for the 12th consecutive year. This is according to the latest Investment Trends Planning Software Benchmarking Report, which showed XPLAN blitzed 29 of 34 categories. Other ...

Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Industry funds will shortly take the lead from SMSFs as the sector with the largest assets under management, new KPMG research predicts. KPMG's annual Super Insights report suggests by 2029, industry funds will have more than $2 trillion in assets and ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... Australia reflects the impact of policy changes in China. The rate of decline has accelerated since 2017 and is closer to the trend observed in the US and Canada, which have experienced 83% and 47% drops in Chinese investment respectively. The report ...

State Street appoints international chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
State Street has hired Citigroup's Asia chief executive as the new chief executive of its international business. Francisco Aristeguieta will be responsible for the company's business outside of US including strategy, client engagement, talent, growth ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... put $5.4 billion into international fixed income and $4 billion into Aussie fixed income over the period. "This downward trend in fixed income mandates is unexpected given sentiment surrounding the global economic environment. But it may be that super ...

Managed accounts grow, but education remains low

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
Latest research shows managed accounts usage continues to grow in Australia, despite educational deficiencies. Global asset manager State Street Global Advisors released research in conjunction with Investment Trends that reveals almost double the amount ...

Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... credit advanced - up by 5.3% in the year to February from 5.2% a month earlier, while all the others continued their slowing trend. As an aside, the pick-up in business credit is inconsistent with the most recent NAB business survey that showed sharp ...