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Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... to act," he tweeted. "Germany and others are pumping money into their economies. Other Central Banks are much more aggressive. The U.S. should have, for all of the right reasons, the lowest Rate. We don't, putting us at a competitive disadvantage. ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... these times of volatility, while retail investors, in contrast, should be wary. "Now, in my view, is not a time for aggressive selling or aggressive buying on dips. It is a time for investment discipline and extreme vigilance," Waislitz said. "While ...

Raiz defends double fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... Lucas said. "This was assisted by the increased propensity of customers to switch between portfolios, for example, from aggressive to conservative, instead of withdrawing their funds, reflecting the increasing maturity of those using the platform." "The ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... Morningstar report. The Multi Sector Wrap report examines 78 multisector funds, and found that industry funds are "far more aggressive" with their allocations to non-traditional assets. "AustralianSuper, Cbus, and Sunsuper are all permitted to have the ...

Sargon runs out of steam

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... of another acquisition, Madison Financial Group which is home to about 110 advisers. Chasing growth Sargon has been aggressive in its pursuit of growth for the past few years. In 2018 alone, it bought Madison Financial Group in April, trustee business ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... "The market will continue to move higher in the bigger picture, but we are at an uncomfortably high risk of a pretty aggressive pullback in the short-term, should some sort of 'bad news' catalyst cause sentiment to flip," he said. Fidelity International ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... and group disability income insurance also deteriorated. APRA said this was in part due to "poor product design" and "aggressive" selling methods, as highlighted during the Royal Commission. "Some long-standing issues in this industry remain unresolved ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... below the Fed's 2% target for 13 months straight. It could be the US central bank's regret for its relatively aggressive action - "normalising" monetary policy by raising the fed funds rate from 0.25% in 2015 to 2.5% in 2018. To be fair, the ...

Industry fund members targeted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Members of a $6 billion industry superannuation fund are being targeted by aggressive cold calls pushing them to roll over their super into another fund. TWUSUPER has shared that some of its members have received unwanted phone calls from salespeople ...

Industry's Best of the Best celebrated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... securing four, including the coveted Best Super Fund Award. Meanwhile the Queensland fund's QSuper Income - QSuper Aggressive product was awarded Best balanced pension product for its double digit returns over one, three, five and 10 years. This ...