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$3.3 billion fall in retail managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... underlying investment markets as overall annual reported net flows were negative $5.8bn. Some big winners in the September quarter were the smaller players. HUB24 was up a staggering 57.5%, netwealth 30.8%, OneVue 28.2% and Praemium 28.1%. It was a different ...

Greater potential for smart beta: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... gaining greater support than higher priced products," it reads. The broader ETP market saw 11% growth in the September quarter reaching $55.9 billion, according to Rainmaker. The growth was primarily due to strong quarterly inflows of $4.3 billion combined ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... many months now: "The main domestic uncertainty continues to be the outlook for consumption." This is what the September quarter National Accounts underscored when it revealed that despite the 2.5% quarterly increase in household disposable income in ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Australia's economic growth accelerated to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's oft-repeated claim that, "the Australian economy appears to ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Expenditure, Australia, Sep 2019 report showed actual total new private capital spending fell by 0.2% in the September quarter, a bit better than the 0.6% decline in the June quarter, but still worse than the "relatively" upbeat expectations of no growth ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... With Chinese GDP growth straddling the lower bound of its 6%-6.5% target - it grew by 6% in the year to the September quarter - the PBOC has every reason to act. More so given the latest update on its partial growth stats, suggesting that fourth quarter ...

Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... investor preference towards ETFs, both active and passive, with ETFs outselling mutual funds three-to-one in the September quarter." BetaShares said continuing the trend from previous quarters; the fixed income asset class received the highest inflows ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... ASFA's September update to its retirement standard shows costs have risen by about 1.5% over the year to the September quarter for couples in the modest and comfortable ranges, compared to a 1.7% increase in the All Groups CPI. ASFA chief executive Martin ...

Chief economist update: Weak household consumption now a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... market expectations, they remained below the RBA's target - headline ticked up by 1.7% in the year to the September quarter; trimmed mean steadied at 1.6%; weighted median decelerated to 1.2%. Although the unemployment rate eased to 5.2% in September ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... rate. First things first; the ABS report showed that headline inflation edged up to 1.6% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter. The trimmed mean inflation measure steadied at 1.6% over the same period while the weighted median ...