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Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... nations analysed for its report - Australia, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The asset manager said this demonstrated Australia's appetite for "riskier assets", however tempered this by mentioning ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that "she would back a lowering of European Union levies on imports of US cars". "The United States currently imposes a 2.5% tariff on imported passenger cars from the EU and a 25% tariff on imported pickup trucks. The ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... 1.8% in fiscal year 2018 from 7.4% in FY 2017. This is hardly surprising given that the two major combatants - the United States and China - are its biggest trading partners. America accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... fighting back. Here's a run-down from the LA Times: "Canada, the largest exporter of steel and aluminum to the United States, said it would apply counter-tariffs of 25% and 10% on $16.6 billion worth of American metals, farm goods and other products ...

US regulator to extend fiduciary rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The financial services regulator in the United States is broadening the scope of the proposed fiduciary duty to combat conflicted investment advice and mitigate confusion around the differing standards to which different industry professionals are held. ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... Treasury released its report entitled "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." Yes, the currency war manifesto. "This report, by monitoring where unfair currency practices may be emerging and encouraging ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... inflation, interest rates, and diversification incorrectly," Bateman said. Research previously undertaken in the United States analysing Prescription Drug Insurance Plan choices made by consumers demonstrates the vast majority of consumers make 'confused' ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
More than half of the respondents in Financial Standard's weekly spot poll said Australia should follow the United States' lead and drop the corporate tax rates to as low as 21%. The US reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January ...

Lowy hands over keys to the Westfield kingdom

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... innovation. It adds a number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States."

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... risk profiling is rising in Australia with the launch of a platform already being used by several advice groups. United States-based behavioural economics, decision science and financial technology firm Capital Preferences has developed a SaaS (Software ...