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Report finds fresh barriers to funds management exports

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... recommendations and dismantle the barriers, we may be left behind in this fast-changing market." Research by Deloitte Access Economics for the FSC in 2014 found that if Australia could grow overseas-sourced funds under management equal to that of Hong ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... sold one security." Three months after taking the job, Kelton was back on the job market and turned to his high school economics teacher for help. "He mentioned a small firm called Vanguard that he'd heard good things about from an ex-student," he explains. ...

Well over $3m in super savings needed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... cap should be at least doubled, according to the SMSF Owners' Alliance and research from former head of the school of economics at the University of New South Wales, Ron Bewley. The research concluded that "around $3.2 million is necessary to achieve ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Giant global banks and consumers alike have found old fashioned solutions to the unusual problem of having to pay institutions to hold their cash deposits - safes, vaults and strongrooms are back in vogue. Japanese hardware stores report demand for ...

Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give their entire population enough money to live on. A projection provided to the public broadcaster RTS said 78% had voted against the scheme, which would see all Swiss citizens, along with foreigners ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... December 2015 when the Fed lifted off last December. Eurozone retail PMI Some good news out of the euro area. Markit Economics' Eurozone retail PMI - which tracks monthly changes in like-for-like retail sales in the region's three biggest economies (Germany ...

AFA signs former PM for national conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... plenary speakers, discussing the role of world leaders in a new century, growing concerns of globalisation and global economics, the environment and international security. Howard will outline his vision for the global economic future and the roles China ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
US Richmond Fed manufacturing index The Richmond Fed manufacturing survey, like the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys released before it, is considered second-tier and like them, the latest update indicated slowing manufacturing activity ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Japan's fund management industry is launching exchange traded funds to cater specifically for the central bank's massive monetary easing programme. Three new "physical and human capital" ETFs are designed solely for the Bank of Japan, which needs fresh ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... clients representing a broad spectrum of segments including wealth level, age, region and gender were surveyed by Oxford Economics for this report. EY also conducted interviews with more than 60 wealth management executives globally to better understand ...