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Platinum funds leak over $100m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
Platinum Asset Management reported $108 million in net outflows in July, including $54 million net that flowed out of its trust funds during the month. Platinum now has $25.1 billion across all its funds which are focused on international equities ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War China's just implemented one of its greatest son's prescriptions and, for sure and for certain, it's gonna irritate Trump. Financial markets were shell-shocked ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... ninth place to the 10th spot, overtaken by Italy. The US remains home to the largest HNWI population (5.3m), followed by Japan (3.2m), Germany (1.4m) and China (1.3m). One of the key drivers of the decline was the flight to cash last December, the report ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
A gathering of G7 ministers responsible for development cooperation has issued a strong statement in support of impact investing. This comes after world leaders at the G20 summit in Osaka also spoke about the potential benefits of impact investing. ...

Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... the host country, Japan. Like all other nations on this planet, Japan has skin in the game. More so, after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) nominated "the consequences of protectionist moves and their effects" as one of the major risks to its outlook that its ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... Fed rate cuts (one, two or three for the RBA) going forward, but there are no such similar expectations for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). With the BOJ's policy rate currently at negative 0.1% and its "yield curve control" measure keeping the yield on ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
It's still a month away, but when the policy board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) meets to assess the state of the economy and its monetary policy response on 19-20 June, it could claim the economy is progressing as printed at its meeting in April. ...