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Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... changes to capital gains tax -will mean yet more uncertainty for investors. "Whereas the Coalition isn't really doing anything," he says. However the problem isn't isolated to one side of the political divide. Griffiths says he's seen more SMSFs close ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... the people of Australia." In discerning the RBA's next move, we must look at what it saw at its last meeting and if anything has significantly changed since. "The outlook for the global economy remains reasonable, although growth has slowed and downside ...

Push for chief executive pay ratio disclosure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... the right to know that their investments are delivering sustainable long-term returns, and that companies are not doing anything to damage shareholder value," she said. "It is essential that the policy makers and regulators build on the momentum generated ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." Be careful out there and take stock of Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." It did go wrong. The VIX and MOVE indices jumped by 20.9% and 17.4%, respectively, at the ...

Chief economist update: Fed on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
If there's anything that captures the greed on Wall Street, it's the US equity market's reaction to the Fed's decision following its 15-16 March 2019 FOMC meeting. The Fed gave the markets what they expected - it kept the Fed funds rate ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... concluded a two-day monetary policy meeting not long ago - 14-15 March. Don't worry, you haven't missed much (or anything). Monetary policy remains unchanged - "The bank will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful". Be careful out there and take stock of Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
A trade deal between US and China could end the uncertainty but it won't do anything to help the trade deficit, according to Capital Group vice chairman Michael Thawley. The former Australian ambassador to the US spoke at the Financial Standard ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... interested in the strategy the firm will take after that date, and is deliberating whether to hedge or not. "I can't do anything except stay out until we get through at the end of March, because I've got no information that I can actually hedge ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... superannuation value propositions. In response we should see electrified activity in managed accounts, robo-advice and anything digital. The decision by several big wealth groups to divest their distribution has thus been vindicated. The only proviso ...