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Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...

Kogan Super launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
Kogan's low-cost, online-led superannuation fund backed by Mercer Australia has launched today. The two firms flagged their partnership to launch Kogan Super late last year, promising a "new no frills, ultra-low fee" offering that will disrupt the ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
IOOF believes it has actioned all 145 items required to meet licence conditions imposed by APRA late last year, including those which it failed to meet the original deadline for. In an update to the market late yesterday, IOOF said the independent reviewer ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Mainstream shelves super admin business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
Mainstream Group Holdings is moving away from providing superannuation administration services to industry and corporate funds to focus instead on growing its public offer super fund. The ASX-listed firm announced today the super admin business will ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
US president Donald Trump is envious of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Perhaps it's P-envy (I don't have to spell the word, my head will be summarily chopped off), but US President Trump admitted as much about a year and half ago and before he ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Industry fund names new CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A $13 billion superannuation fund has welcomed a new chief investment officer who recently finished up with another industry fund. LGIAsuper named Troy Rieck, most recently the chief investment officer of Equipsuper, to replace David Todd. Todd served ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A recession is coming! Worries over a global recession are everywhere! Financial market investors are seeking safety - exiting equity markets and queuing to purchase longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar ...