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Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
"As safe as houses" is generally an expression which means with no risk of failure. The US sub-prime crisis (circa 2008-2009) showed us this is no longer the case. The continued drop in Australian property prices provides a warning sign that it could ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
If the Productivity Commission's recommendation of a best-in-show list was introduced tomorrow, which super funds would make the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
California has become the first state in the US to legislate gender board diversity for publicly listed companies. From 1 January 2019 public companies headquartered in California must have at least one woman on the board of directors by year end or ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
"Patient and flexible". These are the two words the US Federal Reserve has us mulling over with regards to the conduct of its monetary policy over the course of 2019. How patient and flexible? The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the fed funds ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
I hear ya! US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had already come out declaring something along these lines at his first outing for 2018. Still, it's more comforting to have all the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) put their imprimatur in ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Colonial First State has topped up a Morgan Stanley mandate, as it fine-tunes the fixed interest exposures in its employer super's lifestage options. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy is now managing $134 million for the FirstChoice Employer ...

Hiring continues but wage growth under pressure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The Royal Commission inquiry and the state of the property market has not dampened the financial services sector's positive hiring intentions over the next three months, recruitment firm ManpowerGroup says, but there are challenges. The finance, insurance ...

Advice groups sign on to HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
HUB24 has signed on two national advice businesses, as its total funds under management crossed the $10 billion mark. Brisbane-based licensee AdviceIQ Partners brings 31 registered planners to HUB24's platform. The licensee has added 10 planners ...

Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Boutiques dominated Morningstar's list of best performing investment strategies for Aussie institutional investors, outstripping the median managers in their asset classes. Platypus, ECPAM and Hyperion were the best performing Australian shares strategies ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
The financial services sector has moved about £800 billion ($1.4 trillion) of assets out of the UK to Europe since the Brexit referendum took place more than two years ago. This is according to EY's Brexit Tracker, which flagged the figure as fairly ...