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Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... from Robert Burns: "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It appears to be heading that way looking at the third quarter economic scorecard in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's GDP grew by a mere ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... complaints tomorrow, the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) said it had 2045 open complaints as at 30 September. During the third quarter of 2018, the SCT received 655 complaints - representing an increase of 12.9% on the prior quarter and a 22% ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... contributions to overall growth from American household consumption. The US economy expanded at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter following the 4.2% surge in the preceding quarter. Personal consumption expenditures provided the biggest ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... "What do we do next?" said Le. It's about who can meet the financial needs hierarchy and the mental health impact on one-third of the Australian population who have finance issues, said Le. But volt bank's Weston warns that challenging the incumbent ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... in the long run, he said. For the majority (63%) however, the biggest cash drain is paying rent or a mortgage. Almost a third (32%) of the participants are living with parents to save money, the survey said. Separate research from global asset manager ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The $113 billion money manager has opened its third European office to service its large investor base in the region. It has also appointed a manager for the new Zurich-based office. IFM Investors already manages about $710 million on behalf of Swiss ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... of the annual Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index to fourth place. With a score of 72.6, Australia has been bumped from third place by Finland (74.5) and just managed to edge out Sweden (72.5). Measured against a series of three sub-indices of adequacy ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... nearly half the $18.2 billion (-1.0% of GDP) deficit estimated in the 2018/19 Budget handed down last May, and nearly a third of the $29.4 billion (-1.6%) deficit projected in the 2017/18 Budget. To be sure, these are ancient stats but they also underscore ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... have sought to align offerings to address this demand, particularly in the credit space." She added this deal marks the third ASX-listed investment trust launched in the last 12 months and it will offer retail investors the exposure to commercial real ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Self-managed super funds continue to have the lowest fees across all superannuation vehicles, charging an average total expense ratio of 0.82%, latest Rainmaker Research shows. The 2018 Rainmaker Fee Study, which analysed more than 2500 fee options ...