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Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... faster pace; and input costs set to rise at a quicker rate than output charges." The survey data was collected on 5-22 February - before Trump's announced, and later implemented, tariff increases on steel and aluminium. Download The Good Economics Guide ...

Royal Commission could lead to credit crunch: UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Recent UBS commentary suggests one plausible scenario where the knock-on effects of the Royal Commission could lead to a "credit crunch" scenario. In an update co-authored by analysts Jonathan Mott and Rachel Bentvelzen as well as economists George ...

OneVue sells SMSF admin business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
OneVue has sold its self-managed superannuation administration business. The business was acquired by AMP, via SuperConcepts. SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech said the acquisition is "consistent with our growth strategy, building the scale ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... still, the details show that this is wholly due to the surge in the more permanent full-time employment - up 64,900 in February - that offset the 47,400 drop in part-time jobs. And although the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.6% in February from 5.5% ...

New income trust plans to raise $350m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
Gryphon Capital Investments wants non-institutional investors to place money in secured debt securities with its new trust - which it says is the first of its kind in Australia. Gryphon Capital Income Trust (GCIT) will invest in residential mortgage ...

Former Provident Capital MD still banned but allowed procedural fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The Federal Court has upheld ASIC's five-year disqualification of the former managing director at Provident Capital but found the Administrative Appeals Tribunal denied the MD procedural fairness in its hearing. ASIC explained that on 20 February 2015 ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Australia's ETF pool swelled $330 million in February even though stocks slumped early in the month. BetaShares, the fourth-biggest player in Australia's ETF pool, joins Vanguard in saying investors gravitated towards ETFs in February's market slowdown ...

Smart beta emerging markets ETF launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
A new ETF is promising to give Australian investors exposure to 24 emerging markets including China, with returns higher than the MSCI EM Index. VanEck's latest smart beta ETF will track the MSCI Emerging Markets Diversified Multiple-Factor Index (AUD) ...

IOOF replaces group head of research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
The former chief executive of Lonsec Research will join IOOF as head of research and retirement incomes in late April. Matt Olsen replaces former head of research and portfolio construction Matthew Drennan who tendered his resignation in December 2017. ...

Aurora calls out 8IP directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Aurora Funds Management is calling for the removal of three directors of Eight Investment Partners' $50 million listed investment company. Owning a 19.99% share in 8 Emerging Companies, Aurora is the largest shareholder in the LIC and said it called ...