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Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... since the GFC and declines were broad-based across states and industries." In addition, the business conditions' components - trading, profitability and employment - all suffered significant declines in December. And the outlook is bleak, with the ...

Alternatives an antidote to volatility: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... decisions, it said. J.P. Morgan notes building an alternatives portfolio should be holistic and comprise three basic components: A core foundation, with assets such as core real assets and core private credit designed to provide stable income with lower ...

Adviser exam draft legislation released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... comprising at least 64 multiple choice questions and minimum six written responses. It will be open book for all statutory components. The exam will cover the regulatory and legal obligations of financial advisers, applied ethical and professional reasoning ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... falling 1.6 per cent on the day [14 December]," according to the AFR. According to Bloomberg data, more than half the components of the S&P 500 - 259 companies - are now at least 20 per cent below their 52-week highs, putting them below the threshold ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... Commission heard. The bank's top executives were paid a fixed pay and variable pay split into long-term and short-term components. In deciding the variable pay, the board's remuneration committee received inputs from the chief risk office, the audit ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... While the headline fee might be lower for some products, he added it is useful to look at administration and investment components off the fees separately. "Products offered by not-for-profit funds still have administration and member fees that are on ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... indications from consumer confidence and inventory build suggest continuing strength in US economic growth - both are components of GDP with the consumer accounting for 70% of the total. However, the same strength in US domestic demand would further ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... executive Simon O'Connor, the findings speak of ESG considerations sitting alongside financial returns as critical components that inform the investment decisions. "We are now at a stage whereby issues such as climate change, human rights, corporate ...

AFCA funding lacks transparency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... structure and industry-funded arrangements used by its predecessors. The proposed AFCA funding model will have three components: a membership levy based on business size and type; a user is charged based on the number of complaints; and complaint fees ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... grandfathered commissions if it believed so strongly in it, Wright threw back to FoFA five years ago. "There were two components to grandfathering and I think the industry forgot one of them, which was allowing the opt-in of ongoing advice relationships ...