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Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...

Suncorp named Bank of the Year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Suncorp was named Bank of the Year at last night's Money Consumer Finance Awards. The 15th annual Money magazine Consumer Finance Awards were held in Sydney last night, recognising the best in banking and insurance. The awards aim to help Australians ...

Vanguard American ETFs cross US$1 trillion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Vanguard's exchange-traded funds in the United States crossed US$1 trillion in total assets last month after dominating the inflows. Vanguard had eight funds in the top 10 for inflows on the day the issuer surpassed US$1 trillion, according to ETF.com. ...

BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
BlackRock has slashed the fees on its S&P/ASX 200 exchange-traded fund following a pricing review, as competition heats up in the sector. The iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF, which trades on the exchange with ticker IOZ, pushed down the fees to 0.09% p.a. ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
I have a confession to make, I was a closet "no RBA rate cut in July" speculator, going against the 'Big Four' banks and financial market expectations that it would... cut interest rates by another 25 bps at its July 2019 board meeting. So soon ...

Hostplus enters merger talks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
The $43 billion Hostplus is probing the possibility of a merger with another industry fund. Hostplus and the $566 million Club Super have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to formally pursue discussions and undertake a comprehensive due diligence ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Clime Investment Management is looking to hire more financial advisers, expand its investment offering and potentially acquire advice books as it builds out its private wealth business. The 23-year-old firm managed $887 million at March end. It has ...

Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
The G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan has come and gone. Except for the photo-op, the leaders of the G18 could all have stayed at home and nobody would have noticed. The world's attention was all about the US-China trade deal or no deal tete-a-tete. The ...

Statewide Super cans merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Statewide Super has dumped plans to merge with Tasplan and WA Super, saying it will now pursue other opportunities. As exclusively revealed by Financial Standard in March, the $9.8 billion superannuation fund had signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

MySuper eyes SMSF stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MySuper could soon surpass self-managed super funds as the preferred retirement savings vehicle for Australians, a new Rainmaker report shows. Using the latest APRA data, Rainmaker's MySuper Report found the MySuper asset pool hit $713 billion at ...