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Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... getting that surplus and bragging about it in the hope of winning the next elections. The Fifth Estate wrote back in November 2019, the "return to surplus" is partly due to reduced spending by the government... on agencies monitoring the environmental ...

Industry fund names new investment chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... investments for Media Super following the resignation of Norman Zhang after just two years in the role. Zhang was appointed in November 2017 as general manager, investments from Frontier Advisors. McQueen will take over from Zhang on February 21, having ...

Super fund names advice head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... phone or face-to-face," Blakey said. It comes after the fund appointed a new general manager of financial planning in November last year.

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... in 2019 to CNY55.2 trillion, faster than the 5.2% rate - the weakest reading on record -- registered in the January to November period last year. The private sector accounted for the re-acceleration of overall fixed asset investment - its annual growth ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... BT Financial Group's advice business, joined Xplore in September. He made his intentions for the company clear in November, telling Financial Standard he is focusing on bringing together Xplore's four businesses - the platform, responsible superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... the manufacturing and services sectors over the month. The manufacturing PMI slowed to 51.5 in December from 51.8 in November marking the fifth straight month that the index had been in expansion. The services PMI eased to 52.5 from November's seven-month ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) GDP growth forecasts - published in its Statement on Monetary Policy (released in November 2019) - of 2.25% at the end of 2019; 2.75% in 2020; and, 3% in 2021. The second headline was from today's The Australian ...

Global equities enjoy strongest year since 2013

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... research, the top 10 geared retirement and superannuation funds achieved returns in excess of 50% in the 12 months to November 2019, which prompted Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross to label the results "fairly spectacular".

Super fund lowers MySuper fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... paying $808 per year in total fees to $758 per year for every $50,000 in balance, after changes that came into effect on 1 November 2019. This includes reductions in investment fees which went down from 0.15% to 0.13% per year and indirect costs which ...

UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... vanguard of sustainable investment." UniSuper has released number of updates on its climate change policy, most recently in November of last year. The Climate risk and our investments report outlined that the fund encourages the companies it is invested ...