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A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
While most of the world's biggest central banks have embraced uber-transparency, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to still be subscribing to "fedspeak". It's still keeping Australians in the dark about its next policy movement. In its September ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Scary headlines over the prospect of an all-out war between North Korea and the United States (and its allies) continue to flood cyberspace. The latest of which is America's ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's remark that Kim Jong-un is "begging ...

Advisers backing fractional property investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
A financial adviser dealer group has embraced the fractional investment opportunities presented by DomaCom after clients successfully purchased two properties in Victoria and Queensland via HUB24. A crowdfunding campaign by GPS Wealth clients saw DomaCom ...

Review life insurance ahead of super reforms: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
With the end of financial year and 1 July superannuation reforms fast approaching, advisers shouldn't overlook the value of life insurance arrangements inside superannuation. Keeping in mind concessional and non-concessional contribution limits are ...

Hassle-free housing investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
Advisers can help keep the Australian dream of owning a property alive in the midst of the affordability crisis with the option of fractional ownership in residential housing. Actively seeking relationships with financial advisers, BRICKX chief executive ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Years of low growth and low yield in Japan has impacted investor sentiment and behaviour in a unique way, with its ¥500 trillion institutional investment market now expected to play a key role in funding the world's infrastructure and real estate. ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
At long last - after 12 long months of toing and froing speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank won't be embracing robo-advice any time soon. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Elliott told attendees that ANZ's focus moving forward is on becoming the best bank in the world ...

Active managers must promote success

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
As active funds continue to struggle to outperform benchmarks, those that do should sing praise, says S&P Dow Jones Indices country head for Australia and New Zealand, Daphne van der Oord. Speaking to the latest S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) ...