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Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Say what? That'll be any rational investor's reaction when you tell him about Wall Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The latest NAB business survey indicates that Australian business conditions and confidence started the year 2018 on a stronger footing and before the wailing on Wall Street happened in early February, providing succour to the domestic economy should ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
Lower weightings to growth assets - particularly international equities - in the average SMSF is dragging down its performance relative to default MySuper indices, according to SuperGuard 360 research. In the 12 months to 31 December 2017, the SG360 ...

BlackRock veteran joins Grant Samuel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
The former head of fixed income at BlackRock Australia is taking on a newly created role at Grant Samuel Funds Management. Stephen Miller joined GSFM this month as investment consultant, charged with accelerating its positioning of international boutique ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Super property trust appoints GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Industry Superannuation Property Trust is welcoming a general manager of new business this week. Joining the $15 billion property investment trust is Karsten Simpson. Most recently he was general manager - structuring capital transactions, and the ...

Fund administrator welcomes operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
A former BNP Paribas Securities Services executive has taken on a lead operations role with a major fund administrator. Link Fund Solutions has confirmed the appointment of Justin Christopher as its head of operations. He was appointed in December 2017. ...

Court fines advice firm $7.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Federal Court has banned financial advice firm Wealth and Risk Management (WRM) and its related companies from operating in financial services for 18 years, and ordered the group to pay $7.8 million for engaging in unconscionable conduct. The court ...

JBWere team joins Koda Capital

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
A JBWere executive director and two advisers from the same firm will take up new roles as partners at Koda Capital. Former JBWere executive director Frank Macindoe joins Koda's Sydney office. He was previously a partner at Blake Dawson for about 20 ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Now we've seen it all - the "most hated bull market in history" and the "most widely-expected correction." To wax pedantic about this, the Dow and the S&P 500's big drop on the 5 February 2018 does not even fit the technical definition of a correction ...