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Super members switching options amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... risk people are prepared to take with their investments. "A lot of people are looking for less volatility due to macro-economic factors such as inflation and a looming recession," she said. "People don't want to take unnecessary risk when it comes to ...

Franking credit crackdown rife with unintended consequences: LICAT

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... operation and could accordingly delay or significantly discourage the normal processes of capital raising, investment and economic growth within Australia." LICAT did acknowledge and appreciate that the intent of the legislation was to prevent situations ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... family to be "better off" financially this time next year while 31% (up two points) expect to be "worse off." Regarding economic conditions, presently an increasing 9% of Australians expect "good times" for the Australian economy over the next 12 months ...

Vanguard to liquidate factor ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... combined US$25.4 trillion in assets - expect factor-based strategies to outperform in an inflationary environment with slow economic growth. According to the report, 41% of respondents increased their factor allocations over the past year, while 39% ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... permitted to do some paid work to bolster household incomes," a KPMG report argued. Further, it said that women's ongoing economic disadvantage will become increasingly entrenched if government policy doesn't better support shifting social norms faster ...

Link acquisition deal terminated

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
Link Group has announced that the proposed acquisition by Dye & Durham has officially collapsed. Following necessary conditions not being satisfied, including the Woodford Matters condition and the UK Financial Conduct Authority condition, the Court ...

No escaping volatility: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... Diana Mousina at the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive Conference. "Central banks are trying to slow down economic activity and growth to get inflation down, but in the process, there's a big possibility that they go too far. If they ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... pushing the funds rate to 4.4% by December end. "The US economy is still travelling above its speed limit. As long as the economic data continues to be solid, and core inflation remains high, the Fed will face continued pressure to carry on aggressively ...

VC sector risks running cold

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... started in the depths of a down cycle, and this will be no different," Berriman says. "There are several significant economic and societal shifts underway, and this will create a number of tailwinds for newly started companies. There are a lot of great ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... get more new entrants into the profession," he said. "Also, the Quality of Advice Review, if it changes the underlying economic fundamentals of being an adviser to make it more profitable, may give more incentive for more to stay." He concluded that ...