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Australians rapidly gaining wealth: Roy Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... chief executive Michele Levine said: "We see daily headlines about the risks posed by high levels of debt and falling property values, but when we drill down into the data, a more balanced long term picture emerges." She explained the long-term trend ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Investec said at the time the sale allowed it to focus on its core strengths of corporate and institutional banking, property funds management and investment banking. Samios said the new banking licence approval confirms that Investec is growing its ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... increase in iron ore prices would provide a counterbalance to the reduced government revenue resulting from the weaker property market - allowing the Morrison Government to expand fiscal stimulus in tandem with the Reserve Bank of Australia, if neces ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... coming years," Nguyen noted. "This offers savvy investors a compelling alternative at a time when traditional equities and property strategies are becoming less attractive. "Foresight's extensive experience, in mature and diverse markets, gives it ...

MySuper eyes SMSF stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... strategy. MLC announced in February it was making the switch. MLC MySuper had 70% allocated to growth assets like stocks, property and infrastructure, and 30% to defensive investments like cash and fixed interest. According to the Productivity Commission's ...

OnePath awards $210m in mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... Capital Management took over the management of its Aussie equities funds and CBRE Clarion took over the management of UBS Property Securities Fund. UBS AM's small caps team launched a new boutique named Eiger Capital. One of UBS AM's clients ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... option and the low-cost index balanced option. The lineup also includes four unlisted options from IFM and Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) and the global diversified property and infrastructure options. The investment management fees are the same ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... their foreign currency bottomlines are translated back into Australian dollars. Can you feel... the wealth effect? Sure, property prices have fallen but just imagine the wealth effect from the rising stock market - up to 11-year highs - us, Australians ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... equities, 28.5% in international equities including emerging markets, 6.5% in private equity, 8.5% in listed and unlisted property, 6.5% in diversified credit, 4% in infrastructure, 9.5% in secured debt and 7.5% in cash. It manages about 5% of the total ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... more Australians are retiring with large mortgages and the mortgage debt-to-income ratio has blown out, Wood explained: "Property prices have surged ahead of incomes, [meaning] that Australians buying homes have had to borrow more relative to their incomes." ...