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Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... consumption tax hike scheduled to take place in October 2019." With regard to long-term interest rates that shot up only a few days ago: "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around zero percent. ...

Diversity underscores wealth manager success

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... and asset owners is "now so overwhelming" that it's "too big to ignore." This amount of wealth managed and deployed by a few people comes with "real responsibility," he added. Brandweiner spoke at the launch of Future IM/Pact, an initiative between ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... repay a fixed amount (including interest and capital) for a certain period. IAB repayments can also link to inflation, but few of these have been issued in Australia. The research encourages the use of IABs by governments to better match their needs ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
The superannuation industry should brace itself for fewer legacy arrangements, fewer accounts, and greater demand for needs-based insurance. This was a key message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... surpassed. Michael Crowe is a senior financial adviser advising on about $150 million for 200 clients. He says he has seen a few investment scams (MS Windows, Nigerian princes, fake letters from the ATO) go around in the past years years but their nature ...

SMSFs overlooking off-the-plan property risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... defaults, RiskWise chief executive Doron Peleg said. "The issue of oversupply is not a new problem and has been there for a few years and the continuous weakness of the unit market in inner-city Brisbane should have raised red flags for developers and ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... in several districts. The prices of key inputs rose further, including fuel, construction materials, freight, and metals; a few districts described these input price pressures as elevated or strong. Tariffs contributed to the increases for metals and ...

Franklin Templeton appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... date and target risk funds, retirement income products, global macro and unconstrained long-only strategies, just to name a few," Tollette said. Earlier this year Franklin Templeton also appointed Stephen Tong to the Hong Kong office as a client portfolio ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... considerably stronger than in the first." On wages and inflation he said: "wages are growing a little faster than they did a few years ago" and "core inflation was 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending in May, compared with 1.5 percent a year ago." What ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... climate change policy. Worldwide it placed 49th, though this was eight places higher than Australia. Ireland is also one of the few EU member states expected to miss its 2020 emission reduction target under the EU's effort-sharing agreement. While it ...