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Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
If it were posted on Facebook, Wall Street would have "unliked" the strong US non-farm payrolls report for June - up a bigger-than-expected 224,000 from 72,000 in May. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from 3.6% in May, remains near ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The $43 billion fund is hoping to woo self-managed superannuation fund investors with new options geared at them. SMSF investors will have access to six of Hostplus' 23 investment options, including its flagship balanced option and the low-cost ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
The Aussie dollar is down. Repeat, the Aussie dollar is down! The A$/US$ exchange rate closed at US$0.6879 - down 2.3% this year to date its lowest level in three years - at the end of last week's trading. The local currency is down 1.8% (year-to-date) ...

Intrust launches micro-saving app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Intrust Super is helping members save for a house and more for retirement by launching micro-contribution tool SuperCents. SuperCents connects members' everyday banking accounts to their super to help top-up contributions. The technology behind the ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... Trump's stopped, it's the global growth momentum. For at the same time that news broke about Trump's planned "tour of duty" to the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its "World Economic Outlook, April" report which shaved ...

AFA takes red pen to Hayne report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... late February Anderson came out swinging in a public response to the final report at the Sydney leg of the AFA's Connect tour, lashing significant sections of Hayne's work; particularly what Anderson called Hayne's "ideological determination" to remove ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... response to the Royal Commission's final report this morning. Speaking at the Sydney leg of the association's annual Connect Tour, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson lashed significant sections of Kenneth Hayne's final report ...

AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AXA Investment Managers' real assets business has bought three hotels in Sydney's Olympic Park and one in Canberra's CBD as part of a $330 million acquisition. Novotel, Ibis and Pullman sit close to each other at Olympic Park which is home to ANZ Stadium ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has amended the SIS Act and some of its superannuation bills to include recommendations made in the Royal Commission's final report. Superannuation fund trustees are set to be banned from treating employers in efforts to be ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
"Capital Economics sees the local currency falling to US60c this year and hovering there through 2020; it previously forecast it at US65c for 2019 and US70c for 2020." (Australian Financial Review) That's a whopping 15%-16% drop from A$/US$ exchange ...