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VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... house-prices-to-income ratios are very high. Other than Switzerland, Australia has the highest level of household debt as a percentage of gross domestic product in the developed world," it said. Neiron said economic growth will continue to be sluggish ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... According to the article: "Economists polled by Reuters forecast Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.4 trillion) of annual gross domestic product (GDP) would expand 1.8% in 2019, down from predictions of 1.9% in the previous poll and 2.7% early last year." ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... potentially impact the RBA's "mandates as the issuer of Australia's banknotes, operator of Australia's real-time gross settlement system, and its responsibilities for the stability of the financial system and the stability and efficiency ...

MLC Life Insurance under review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... US and Japan. MLC Life brings in around $1.9 billion in insurance premiums each year, with around $5.8 billion in total gross assets, as of 31 December 2018. In May, Financial Standard reported NAB and Nippon Life were having trouble seeing eye to eye ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... they are a sophisticated investor or not. Sophisticated investors are defined by ASIC's Money Smart as investors with a gross annual income of $250,000 or more in each of the previous two years and net assets of at least $2.5 million. That's the same ...

Don't over-interpret OECD super fee figures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... ratios, it seems retail funds are only reporting explicit investment costs, not "implicit below the line fees taken out of gross investment returns before they receive the unit prices". Most retail funds receive net returns from investment managers after ...

Total Financial Solutions to shutter next year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... to join Count Financial and we are working respectfully with these firms to assist them join another AFSL." The average gross business earnings of the mentioned firms are $763,000. "TFS has undertaken its own transformation in recent years. It has a ...

IRESS wins technology mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... of Australian businesses to trade overseas," Miles said in a statement. IRESS managing director financial markets Kirsty Gross said the company was pleased to partner with PhillipCapital on the integration. "We know our clients are increasingly looking ...

Global firm secures $500m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... absolute return fixed income approach. GSFM said the portfolio aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index by 2-3% gross per annum over a three year period. "The central pillar of the strategy is income generated from a highly diversified ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... for all litigation within the AMP Group, which at that time was primarily insurance claims and advice complaints. Her base gross salary was $320,000. About a year into the job, Cook claims her responsibilities were increased and the size of the team ...