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First-mover advantage key to smart beta ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Investments in smart beta equity exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded products (ETPs) reached a new record-high of $690 billion globally, and the product incumbents continue to gain ground, a report shows. The findings were part of the latest ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Out with defensives, in with risks and cyclicals. The year 2017 started where 2016 left off - good tidings and cheers on the global economy and risk appetites. If there are lessons that you, I and Irene should learn over the year just passed, it is ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... who less than 12 months ago went out on a limb to set up his own business signed a $500 million investment mandate in November - with another $500 million in the works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based financial services outfit Global ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... the likely pace of economic activity relative to trend three to nine months ahead - from 0.51% in October to 0.11% in November - the fourth straight month of above trend growth. According to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans, ""The Leading Index growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is working through its worst system outage in recent history, potentially delaying Australians from consolidating or transferring their superannuation before Christmas. The outage began on Monday 12 December, and as of ...

Queensland bank sells planning business

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
On Friday the Queensland-based Heritage Bank sold its financial planning business to national adviser group Bridges Financial Services. According to Rainmaker Information, the deal will potentially see Bridges climb inside the top 13 planning firms ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

ASIC bans Sydney adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
A Sydney financial adviser was banned from providing financial services for three years by ASIC. Keira Jane Keegan, a former representative of Protect Ensure, was banned for recommending SMSF clients invest in financial products issued by Protect Ensure. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... over finding employment. The undoubtedly good news is the larger than expected addition to payrolls - up by 39,100 in November - the largest in 12 months -- that followed October's 15,200 increase. Moreover, similar to the previous month, November's ...