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Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... technical services (-1.0% from -3.8%). To be sure, these stats would be considered ancient in financial market time but the trend is not our friend in this case. This is because the ABS' trend estimates confirm the slowing in total company gross ...

Lenders must recognise millennial wealth strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
More than 12% of online investors are gearing their investment portfolio and this could double in the next 12 months, the latest Investment Trends study reveals. And millennials are playing catchup. The research house recently released its 2018 Borrowing ...

Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
About 50% of all SMSFs have more than half of their portfolio invested in one asset class, despite more than 80% recognising the importance of diversification. New research from the SMSF Association and Investment Trends shows 47% of SMSFs allocated ...

La Trobe Financial prices $750m RMBS issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... Trobe Financial's strength and its commitment to meeting its continued growth and development in the market." "With current trend loan originations now tipping circa $9 billion per year, this was a practical step to complement current institutional mandates ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... simplicity, transparency, convenience and cost. "If you believe that's not just a short-term fad but indeed a long-term trend or structural shift in the way people invest, then we came to the decision that we have to make our strategies available ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... IDs as forms of verification. For example, Ant Financial already employs identification technologists to implement this trend. There are currently more than 6.2 million millennials in the country with an average economic capacity of $96,000 - just $6000 ...

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Aussie investors have ETFs as an opportunity to access international stocks, especially the US tech companies. However, the trend reversed in October. "During October, however, investors firmly favoured Australian equity ETFs over international equity ...

Trust in advice hits record low

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Consumer trust in financial planning is at an all-time low and those engaged in financial advice are significantly less likely to recommend it post-Royal Commission, new research shows. A new survey from Investment Trends asking consumers to rate trust ...

TH Real Estate launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
The real estate manager has taken a stake in a Sydney CBD office building as it launches a new open-ended property fund to invest in Asia Pacific cities. The new fund is aimed at institutional investors. It will buy office, retail, industrial and residential ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... number of housing finance commitments - down by 10.2% in the year to August from -6.4% in July and -4.2% in June. The same trend is evident with building approvals - down 14.1% in the year to September from -12.6% in August and -6.5% in July. So far ...