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Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
The sovereign wealth fund returned 5.8% in the year ending 31 December 2018, beating the median balanced superannuation fund return by a wide margin. The median balanced superannuation fund returned 0.6% in the year to 31 December and even the top quarter ...

Aussies find $860m in lost super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
More than $850 million of lost superannuation was found and consolidated towards the end of 2018. Releasing new data this week, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said more than 66,000 Australians found and consolidated some of their retirement savings ...

ETP provider fined for misleading promos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
The provider of Australia's first exchange-traded bonds has been slapped with ASIC fines totalling more than $25,000 for making misleading statements online. Australian Corporate Bond Company, provider of XTBs, has paid $25,200 in penalties for making ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Global share markets will continue to struggle this year as stocks will likely plunge in the same vein as last December, Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur said. The chief global economist advised the audience at this morning's Financial Standard ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Say what? "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return to target is expected, although this progress is likely to be gradual. Taking account of ...

Sequoia chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
Sequoia Financial Group's chief executive and managing director Scott Beeton is bidding farewell after nine years with the company. Beeton has also resigned as a director of the group effective February 4. In November 2018, Beeton flagged he would transition ...

Outflows dent IOOF advice, funds businesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
IOOF recorded net outflows of $481 million in its financial advice and funds management businesses during the final quarter of 2018. The advice business suffered $295 million of net outflows despite completing the transition of 661 former ANZ-aligned ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The world's largest pension fund lost about $186 billion in the three months to December 31, as equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
QIC has appointed a new managing director for its $22 billion global real estate business from an ASX-listed real estate manager. Michael O'Brien fills the role that opened when QIC's managing director of real estate Steve Leigh retired last year. O'Brien ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
"Our tightenings or loosenings of monetary policy are determined by the inflation outlook. If the economy wants to grow faster than it currently is, and inflation is not showing any tendency to rise to the point where it could threaten our medium-term ...