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MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... budget had been larger, the MySuper option was always going to have lower allocation to illiquids than peers and there was nothing that JCIS [NAB committee that chooses investment managers] could have done to change this outcome," it said. JANA was wholly-owned ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... market and encourage Australian households to raise their already record high debt levels? Sometimes the best move is to do nothing. Or to paraphrase Ronan Keating's song, you do it best when you do nothing at all. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... surprise that when asked about the veracity of these reports, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda replied: "I know absolutely nothing about the basis for those reports." The BOJ was under his stewardship when it rolled out one policy stimulus after another ...

APRA tells banks to prepare for financial storm clouds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... But so it should be: after 26 years (and counting) of almost continuous economic expansion, the banking system should be nothing if not financially sound," Byres said. "History tells us, however, it's not wise to assume good times will last forever. ...

Advised clients and their most frequently asked questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... unsustainable. "We're wedded to producing advice using technology that was invented in 105B.C. - we're in 2018. There is nothing in the Corporations Act or in ASIC regulatory guidance that says we need to provide advice on paper," Marshan said. ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... and numerous studies on the repercussions of a global trade war have only one conclusion, it's good for absolutely nothing - it lessens trade and diminishes economic growth while at the same time pushing inflation higher. But if the escalation of ...

Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... unsustainable. "We're wedded to producing advice using technology that was invented in 105B.C. - we're in 2018. There is nothing in the Corporations Act or in ASIC regulatory guidance that says we need to provide advice on paper," Marshan said. Despite ...

ASIC admits AMP inaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... confidentiality and are also acutely aware that the announcement of an investigation - even if they are later found to have done nothing wrong - can have detrimental effects on entities and people." Mullaly then acknowledged ASIC had been provided with ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... speculations that it will raise the Bank Rate by 25 basis points that day. It didn't. I'm tempted to scribble, it did nothing but then it's more accurate to say that the BOE reacted to changed developments in the UK economy. UK GDP growth ...

Two-tier super system emerging: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... vertically-integrated wealth businesses will see greater pressure placed on some sectors of the industry - we must hope that nothing happens which would run counter to the interest of fund members - and possibly prejudice the ability of funds to meet ...