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Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... period. Another quarter of negative GDP growth would bring it back into a technical recession. Apart from ending the longest stretch of quarterly economic expansions since 1989 - 12 straight quarters of growth between the June 1986 quarter and the March ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
More changes to Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Boutique fund manager Flinders Investment Partners is offering retail investors investment intellectual property (IP) from its Flinders Emerging Companies Fund at about 60% less than retail rates. The slashed retail rates, which are at par with institutional ...

Spotlight on financial elder abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
While financial advisers are among those best placed to identify instances of financial elder abuse, cases are continually slipping under the radar as it becomes increasingly difficult to recognise. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... a compelling new product offer to market is an exciting and challenging opportunity." Superestate has been willing to stretch the boundaries of "conventional thinking and foresee what the next generation of a competitive superannuation investment market ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... because despite the slowdown in fourth quarter GDP growth, it marked the eight straight quarter of expansion - the longest stretch since the 1980s. The details of the National Accounts suggest that this would continue. Japanese household consumption ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... interest rate unchanged since it took it down to a record low of 1.5% in August last year. This is more than the 12-month stretch of steady rates (at 2%) between May 2015 and April 2016 but it's looking like it'll surpass the August 2013 to January 2015 ...

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
The "institutionalisation" of financial advice dealer groups has attracted a London-based asset manager to open its multi-asset absolute return fund to Australian retail investors. Already established in Australia and managing about $2.5 billion for ...

Indefensible bonuses cause for concern: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Despite a general consensus that bonuses are only paid in the event of exceptional performance, about 90% of ASX100 chief executives received a bonus in FY16. While the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual survey of chief executive ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...