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Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... Faculty of Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) in January 2017, which was recently announced by the Financial Times as being Australia's top ranked MBA program. He is also a research director at Capital Markets CRC and previous academic appointments ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...

L1 Capital fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... clients are looking for a product that can generate solid returns, while providing strong capital protection in volatile times," Landau said. In late 2016 L1 Capital signed a distribution agreement with Channel Capital who represent a number of boutique ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... three bets. It's like going to the casino and putting it all on red 16 - sometimes it works and you're a genius, and other times it doesn't. That isn't the way to be a long term investment strategy." Taking aim at analysts, Tinker noted that many of ...

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... become a major focus: according to a 2016 Deloitte Digital report, 76% of Australians over-45 use their smartphone multiple times a day while in the 55 to 70-year-old age category, one in five use digital devices when shopping.

Super taxes break $35bn budget hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... Treasury's report shows that superannuation taxation concessions are increasing at an unsustainable 8% per annum or about three times faster than the rate of economic growth. While the report modeled 11 different superannuation tax breaks, the most costly ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... satisfaction. The Better Banking program consists of three key steps. These are a renewed commitment to support customers in times of financial hardship via a debt repayment and consolidation service; new valuation practices for farmers and small businesses ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... from the Fed this year could become four or five. It's not beyond the Fed to do this. For example, it has raised rates five times between June 1999 and May 2000, taking the fed funds rate from 4.75% to 6.50% and seven times between April 1994 and February ...

Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... and it just isn't. Yes, buying a property is the best piece of advice but in a climate where property is priced over 12 times what is considered affordable, it is near impossible to save a deposit with one income." Daniel believes that the term 'superannuation' ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... addressed the problem of loss aversion in older populations, where investors switch out of higher-risk investment options in times of market downturns; these super members will often remain in defensive strategies even when the market recovers and even ...