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Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... year on average - 23% less than the average national expenditure. These households spent a greater proportion on essential goods and services. Milliman's retirement expectations and spending profile report examined bank account transactions of 300,000 ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... expected to impose tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports and later threatened to tax another US$267 billion of goods coming from China. This would certainly prompt retaliation from China in equal measure. The Sino-American tit-for-tat is ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
From "fake news", US President Donald Trump might label the Census Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... made up 99.7% of employer firms; 64% of net new private-sector jobs; 46% of private-sector output; 98% of firms exporting goods; and, and 33% of exporting value. Citing the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (he would have seen the May index - 107.8) ...

Airlie backs financials but wary on banks

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
Airlie Funds Management and its first pitch to retail investors includes an investment thesis which currently excludes three of the big four banks from its concentrated Australian share portfolio. Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management ...

Macrovue appoints ANZ Wealth executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... offers 10 concentrated global equity portfolios, differentiated by themes such as disruptive technology, big oil, luxury goods, internet of things and ageing population. They span 20 global markets and nine currencies. It is targeting direct investors ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation of Trump's war on trade goods sends consumer prices even higher. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... data show that, alongside the strong job market, the U.S. economy has grown at a solid pace so far this year. The value of goods and services produced in the economy - or gross domestic product--rose at a moderate annual rate of 2 percent in the first ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation of Trump's war on trade goods sends consumer prices even higher. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... fund's superior risk-adjusted returns are testament to WHEB's fundamental investment philosophy: that companies producing goods and services that address the challenges of sustainability are exposed to structural growth and well positioned to deliver ...