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Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... household savings ratio nudged up to 2.5% in the December 2018 quarter from 2.3% in the previous three-month period. Australians are shoring up their depleted savings -4.2% in 2017 and 4.7% in 2016 - for a rainy day.

Don't expect super favouritism: Bowen

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... the outcomes test tougher, make director penalties higher and make APRA's powers stronger," he said. "Millions of Australians are being ripped off by underperforming accounts and we want to force these funds to report on their performance and lift their ...

Association names new chief and president

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... goal is to support them so that they can continue to provide their vital services to the many thousands of everyday Australians who need them," Mann said. He thanked Latto and Rhodes for their contribution in developing WSSA into the representative body ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
A $2.5 billion Melbourne-based boutique has hired a new portfolio manager from a family office as it builds out its global capability. Ben Wang will work on Jamieson Coote Bonds' Global Bond Fund which opened to Aussie investors earlier this month ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... laws that would seek to apply criminal penalties to companies that don't act in the interests and the safety of Australians." He went on to say: "What I'm looking for, is for these companies to come to the table as responsible corporate citizens ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... assurances from both external research provider and the company. A poll commissioned by SumOfUs found the majority (64%) of Australians want to follow the lead of Germany and Finland and suspend arms trading with Saudi Arabia. Many (63%) said they were ...

Perpetual raising $440m for credit trust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... their traditional sources of investment income like property and term deposits," Korber said. "On a global scale, Australians have one of the lowest allocations to fixed income assets in the OECD. Generally, individual investors may find it difficult ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... horses! Temper you enthusiasm! The decline in the unemployment rate in February was due to the reduction in the number Australians reporting that they were actively looking for jobs last month - the participation rate decreased to 65.6% in February from ...

IFM Investors acquires super fund-owned port

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
IFM Investors is partnering with one of the world's largest port operators to acquire 100% of Poland's largest container terminal from a consortium comprising Australian superannuation funds. The IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, in partnership with PSA ...

Unions have right to express views: Combet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
Industry Super Australia chair Greg Combet says the ACTU had the right to express its views and the law ensures that only what is in members' interest get through a superannuation trustee board. Last week, Australian Council of Trade Unions president ...