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Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Just as the clamour among central banks for fiscal policy aid continue to grow - recently supported by prescriptions from international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ...

Chief economist update: Zero here we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
A stitch in time saves nine. If only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) adhered to this age-old proverb. But alas, by insisting on keeping the official cash rate at 1.5% for longer (from August 2016 to May 2019) than the dictates of global and domestic ...

Businesses warned to avoid dud funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research has shown the difference between the best and worst performing super funds can equate to a difference of up to $880,000 in balances for retirees. The research shows the worst performing funds are paying 5.3% return, a big difference ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" - Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass' The "Red Queen" in the novel ...

Lifecycle strategies now mainstream: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Lifecycle strategies hold 40% of MySuper's total $756 billion of assets and are becoming mainstream for superannuation funds, according to new Rainmaker research. Lifecycle MySuper total assets grew 21% in the year to June end, to hit $299 billion. ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
It's not me, it's you! Yes Virginia, you, I and Irene are very well aware of US president Donald J. Trump's Twitter attacks on the Fed. The last, most significant one was right after US Federal chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." - former US President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., 17 September ...

Business savvy needed ahead of FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan gave financial advisers at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference some food for thought on succession planning and the state of the industry. Reflecting on the last 12 ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Houston, we have a problem - a gigantic one! Talk about spoiling everybody's weekend. Wall Street fell sharply at the close of last week's trading. Was it due to disappointment over US Fed chair Jerome Powell's much-anticipated words at ...

Finance cheats more likely to cheat: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A University of Texas study has found finance professionals who engage in misconduct at work are more likely to be unfaithful in marriage. The study looked at financial advisers, chief financial officers and chief executives amongst others using the ...