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Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... two hikes or one. Even if there are two hikes people will remind us it's the end of the cycle, not the beginning." The third factor, if Taylor looks deep into his crystal ball, is trade. He said by the end of 1Q19 there might not be a trade deal ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Almost two-thirds of financial advisers are against the removal of grandfathered commissions. A recent poll conducted by Financial Standard's sister publication FS Advice found 63% of respondents do not believe the payment of grandfathered commissions ...

UniSuper awards small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... last year after leading Macquarie Investment Management's Aussie small and micro caps funds. In May last year Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund took a stake in the Lennox small-cap fund. Lennox added to its two-person team a month after this, hiring ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... recession, Eurozone's economic activity lost momentum underscored by the contraction in German and Italian GDP in the third quarter - replaced by increased activity with regards to Italy's budget and the riots in France (that would certainly ...

Perennial ups retail distribution

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... senior investment specialist will have accountability for distribution channels in NSW and the ACT, with a key focus on third party and intermediary relationships including national and independent dealer groups, independent financial advisers, stock ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... improvement in wages. WSJ ("US Hiring Figures Reveal Sweet Spot for Economy") discussed how economic output on track for a third straight quarter of near 3% growth, something that has not happened since early 2005. It also pointed out that in the near ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... rate of 2.8% in the September quarter (from 3.1% in the previous one) - bears this out with exports contributing zilch to third quarter GDP. Sure, the contribution from net exports was positive 0.3 percentage points but this resulted entirely from the ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... Midwinter is a part of that rebrand, with BUSSQ selecting Midwinter in mid-2017 because of its ability to easily integrate third-party solutions, particularly super fund registry platforms and CRMs. BUSSQ executive officer of Skylight Financial Solutions ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... 20-year-old infrastructure debt business that now has $32 billion, a $27 billion listed equities business that makes it the third-largest equities manager in the country, and lastly a private equity business that is mostly domestic and has $1.8 billion ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... as 80% of forecast returns in developed market equity will come from dividends and buybacks, compared with less than one-third in emerging market equity. Bilton explained JPMAM is cautious about the end or tails of an economic cycle in developed markets ...