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Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
From "fake news", US President Donald Trump might label the Census Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
The Royal Commission cast serious doubts over the ability of APRA and ASIC to effectively regulate the superannuation industry, questioning their purpose in safeguarding retirement savings and the stability of the financial system. In his fifth round ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
Retail superannuation funds at CBA, NAB, AMP and other institutions could face criminal charges after the Royal Commission's team of lawyers highlighted several instances where corporate and superannuation law was breached. The closing submission ...

SMSFs too conservative: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
More than half (54%) of the respondents in Financial Standard's latest spot poll believe self-managed super funds are too conservative when it comes to allocating assets. Only a third (33%) said they were content with the allocation strategies and will ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Beleaguered Blue Sky Alternative Investments will sell its retirement living funds and its 50% stake in Aura Holdings, the operator of the retirement living business. Blue Sky today announced it signed a binding agreement with an offshore institutional ...

Life insurance sector strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
The life insurance industry turned in a solid FY18, latest APRA statistics show. In the year to 30 June 2018, life insurers' total revenue stood at $37.6 billion, up 11.5% higher than the previous corresponding period. This was driven by net policy ...

BetaShares wins insto allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... manager has also been on a product launch spree. It launched more products than any other ETF manager in the year ending March - and more like the A200 have followed since then. This week the manager said it would launch three new tech ETFs that had ...

HUB24 lifts targets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
HUB24 has lifted its revenue targets for the next three years, as it its platform and advice licensee swelled their revenues in FY18. It is now expecting to hit $19-$23 billion in funds under advice in by FY21, as opposed to its last year's forecast ...

Former Magellan executive appointed to Contango board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Contango Asset Management has snapped up a former Magellan C-suite executive as an independent director. Nerida Campbell is joining Contango Asset Management's board as an independent non-executive director. She held key executive roles at the Hamish ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
"Wage growth in Australia has grown at an annual rate of 2.1%, continuing to stabilise between 2-2.1% over the past four quarters." That's the positive spin from ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman. Not necessarily negative - wages are still growing ...