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Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... analysed a decade of disciplinary data to 2015, finding that 7% of advisers had a history of serious misconduct, over a third of which are repeat offenders. The study also found that misconduct is likely to be concentrated in firms with a majority of ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... quarter compared to 1.1% last quarter, leaving economic annual growth at a lackluster 1.7%. Economic growth slowing by one third in past year adds to the pressure piling on the government's Budget economic forecasts especially as it's counting on growth ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... longevity protection products or offer their own account based pension and utilise longevity protection products from a third party. "There are benefits in allowing a less prescriptive approach because the current market and legislative rules around ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Hostplus, Future Super, Australian Ethical Investment and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have raised $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund to be run by specialised investment manager Artesian. The fund will invest in startups at seed stage ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... sentiment and consumer spending. Latest data showed that US core retail sales growth slowed to 4.5% in the year to April, the third month of sequential decline since the 5.4% expansion recorded in January this year. The lead from the Conference Board's ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... to actually go through the traditional advice process and so they believe it will take too much time and effort; and the third was a lack of trust in the outcomes and their value," Ison explained. About 50% of funds said that business case was the biggest ...

Finding quality in small caps

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... the potential to provide the strong returns investors associate with small companies at an attractive risk profile for a third of the cost of an average actively managed small-cap fund."

Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... super balances to support a reasonable retirement," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. HSBC also claims Australians are third most concerned globally about the rising cost of healthcare, but only 32% of working age Australians are likely to actively ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... inflation shows that real household spending has slowed to -1.4% year-on-year in April from -1.3% in March - marking the third full year that it had been in constant contraction. In addition, the BOJ's own 'Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank ...