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Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... vulnerabilities from the tensions between slowing growth, high corporate debt and deteriorating credit quality." "A persistent upward spike in oil prices, if geopolitical tensions were to strengthen again, would also weaken growth prospects." "On the ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... circumstances." At the onset of the Global Financial Crisis platforms underwent the ultimate stress test. Given the volatility and spike in trading volume, numerous platforms weren't able to cope, proving to be "slow and cumbersome" and unable to ...

Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Advisers should not underrate inflation risk when building retirement income portfolios for clients, an AMP Capital portfolio manager told attendees at Financial Standard Retirement Income Best Practice Forum in Sydney this morning. Speaking during ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
Superannuation funds that provide projected estimates to members about their nest egg will likely receive more contributions and increased engagement, new research suggests. The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) studied ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The corporate regulator's wealth management investigations increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... have further to fall, with Shorte predicting a Labor Government to impact the sector. "I expect the level of wind-ups to spike next year if Labor bring in their proposed changes to franking credits and contribution rules but then it will settle back ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Once again, US President Donald Trump proved to the entire planet that the only thing predictable about him is his unpredictability. With just two tweets, POTUS reignited hostilities (and perhaps an escalation) of the US-China trade war, spooking financial ...

Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
The just-released "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on March 14 and 15, 2019" contained the same optimism that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had been telling us and itself for as long as I can remember. The same rose-tinted outlook on growth. ...

RBA issues stern climate change warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... considerations in Australia, saying: "The banana price episode in 2011 after Cyclone Yasi is a good example of this. "The spike in banana prices and inflation was temporary, although quite substantial. It boosted inflation by 0.7 percentage points." ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... and after the Vale mine disaster in Brazil in late January 2019. "The surge led Capital Economics to bet the price could spike as high $US100 a tonne in the weeks ahead before dropping back to $US65 by the end of the year. It also led Goldman Sachs to ...