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Choice outweighs balance for women

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... Sakellaris, who says that achieving balance can be "extremely difficult" for women. Years spent away from the workforce to raise children or care for other family members have contributed to lower superannuation balances, lower incidence of home ownership ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did nothing to monetary policy after the conclusion of its second board meeting this year. It kept the official cash rate at a record low, predicated on the same rationale it put forth at its February ...

FPA disciplines two members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Two Financial Planning Association of Australia members have faced immediate sanctions following determinations from the association's Conduct Review Commission. On Friday the FPA said two members would be stripped of their membership and professional ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... caps on car ventures, and reduce tariffs on auto imports." But even better than better are latest reports that MSCI will raise the weighting of China A-shares in its indicempt s by raising the inclusion factor from the current 5% to to 10% in May, to ...

Angel investor makes first Australian bet

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... transitioned Nexba from being a start-up to a scale-up." Gaingels' $150,000 investment was a part of Nexba's Series A capital raise on Venture Crowd. It closes in three days and has raised $5.4 million of the $6 million close.

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, topped the list after a venture capital raise of US$14 billion. KPMG Australia head of banking and global co-lead for fintech Ian Pollari said investment in Australian ...

Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
The nine-year-old firm has opened a Melbourne office with a new director, as it scours Victoria for new commercial debt deals and high-net-worth and family office investors. Stamford Capital currently transacts capital from about 400 sophisticated investors ...

Infrastructure fund plans SMSF raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... A fund that gives SMSFs and HNWs exposure to unlisted infrastructure assets like airports and toll roads is planning to raise $50 million in March. Former Telstra Super head of alternatives Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Reserve Bank of India is full of surprises. When financial markets expected it to raise interest rates, it didn't. When everyone expected interest rates to remain steady, it cut. Recall that back in October 2018, the RBI surprised markets by ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... has proposed to end the cash refund for people who are self-funded retirees in certain circumstances into the future, to raise that additional revenue and to fund those important services." He added Labor's policy wasn't part of an attack on the SMSF ...