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Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
I've got chills, they're multiplying and I fear that the RBA is about to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... quietly launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. It invests in 30 to 45 companies - mainly from the ASX 200 - with "sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses." ...

APRA lifts interest-only restrictions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... remove the 30% benchmark for new interest-only residential mortgages, which it initially put in place in 2017 to "reinforce sound lending practices." However, the regulator said this week that the benchmark policy had served its purpose and would be ...

APRA unveils new prudential measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... RSE licensees of MySuper and choice products to assess, annually benchmark and evaluate their performance in delivering sound, value-for-money outcomes to all members. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said: "These changes to the prudential framework set ...

Industry fund hires group executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... financial crime capabilities. Rest chief executive Vicky Doyle said: "This important role leads a highly skilled team delivering sound financial management, highly commercial legal and compliance capability, and robust risk governance frameworks to ensure ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... be without volatility or issues to navigate, we think a 4-5% dividend yield and attractive valuations augers well for a sound equity marketplace that delivers healthy income and growth," he added.

Asset manager consolidation top of mind for HNWIs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... necessary to ensure increasingly strict regulatory compliance can be maintained and alignment can be assured with ethically sound business processes that avoid potential conflicts of interest and remain in line with community expectations."

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The ups and downs in US equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... on exchanges. Bonds trade over the counter across primary dealers with very little pricing transparency. While this may sound obvious, Giordano says it cannot be overstated. Bond ETFs on the other hand, offer intraday trading on organised exchanges based ...

Vale Paul Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
Paul Costello has been remembered as a "truly inspirational figure" in the Australian financial services community. Costello passed away on November 5, following a long illness. He was a former chief executive at the Superannuation Trust of Australia ...