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Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
The last time we talked about oil, prices were surging and reaching for the skies. Crude oil price started to take off roundabout April this year after OPEC announced that its production cuts - starting on the 1 January 2017 and supposed to last for ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Pinnacle has knocked off performance fees from its bid to manage the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund, bringing it in line with Wilson Asset Management's bid, according to LIC's directors. The two managers have put in proposals to gain the ...

Industry fund appoints former Labor politician

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A $46 billion industry fund has appointed a former federal health minister as an independent chair, starting at the end of the year. Nicola Roxon will take over as HESTA's chair when current chair Angela Emslie steps down at the end of her term ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Uh-oh! Borrowing a quote 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 ...

CBA sells CFSGAM, new wealth business chief executive appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Commonwealth Bank is selling Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to a Japanese buyer. The bank has entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) to sell the business for $4.13 billion for a total ...

Real return funds underperforming

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
In the last three years, real return funds have delivered two percentage points less than some traditional multi-asset funds as real return managers winded down their equities exposures. Latest Zenith research found real return funds cut their Aussie ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Persistent sell orders have put Wall Street's major benchmark indices either in a correction (defined as a 10% drop from the nearest peak) or on the cusp of one: Nasdaq (-11.5%) and Russell 2000 (-15.6%); S&P 500 (-9.4%) and DJIA (-8.4%). The sell-off ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The highest performing financial services firms are those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research. Macquarie's second bi-annual AFS Benchmarking Report shows that more than 55% of high performing firms are hiring younger ...