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AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... October's national adviser conference on the Gold Coast. "We want to ensure that membership engagement at the grassroots level is not diminished and our culture that we have worked so hard on over the last 70 years is passed onto the next generation ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... experimental estimates of online retail turnover are therefore a welcome addition to its retail sales report. Although, it's still not seasonally adjusted, the original estimate shows that total online retail sales increased by 10.8% in the month of ...

Mercer undergoes global restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... decisions." It's unclear at this stage whether there have been any redundancies as a result of the restructure - Mercer did not comment on this directly - but the spokesperson noted the influx of about 700 new employees in Australia and New Zealand following ...

Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... annuity and $43,750 in the bond after 20 years; and because of the increasing tax credit from bond withdrawals the retiree would not have paid any tax on the income. Austock Life explained: "Layering an insurance bond withdrawal stream alongside an capital ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... country and currency selection to add value and diversify risk to exploit inefficiencies and add value for investors. Results do not depend on one or two opportunities and no single adverse event should have an overwhelming effect," Kirkham said. The ...

NAB admits data bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... the Australian Information Commissioner and ASIC. He added that about 40% of the customers affected have either closed or not used their account in the past year, and a further 19,000 of the accounts have a balance of less than $2. According to a further ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) -- derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers ...

Australia housing boom busting?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Don't be fooled by the sharp 7.0% jump in the headline total number of dwellings approved in the month of November. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data reveal that this was largely due to an 18.5% surge in private sector dwellings excluding houses ...

First-mover advantage key to smart beta ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... an ETF that is used by many investors, more investors will use it. If another provider launches a similar ETF, people will not sell an existing holding to buy a new ETF," Co-founder and managing partner of ETFGI Deborah Fuhr said. According to the research ...