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ISA condemned by union

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
The Electrical Trades Union has condemned Industry Super Australia's recent report on the energy crisis, saying it puts at risk the very people ISA is supposed to represent. The report, Fixing the Energy Crisis, was issued by ISA last week. It makes ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...

HUB24 defends cash accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... share price target. The correct price reference should have been $8.65, HUB24 said. "It should be noted that this is the research of one analyst only, there are an additional six active analysts who cover HUB24 with recent target share prices of between ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
"China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games ...

BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... from Betashares which charges 0.07% p.a. and uses a different index provider. Rainmaker Information head of investment research John Dyall said: "This is a good example of scale and competition combining to provide better outcomes for investors. These ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... total assets under management were managed in accordance with responsible investment principles. Separate RIAA consumer research showed that nine out of 10 Australians expect their superannuation and other investments to be invested responsibly and ethically ...

AMP bolsters managed portfolio offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... opportunities for more advice practices to develop investment portfolios specific to the needs of their clients." Recent AMP research shows managed portfolios have grown to manage more than $62 billion in assets, due in part to advantages such as reduced ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... become founder and director of Melior's investment solutions in August 2018. Tim King, who was head of company and ESG research for CFS Global Asset Management's Australian equities core fund, serves as chief investment officer. The boutique aims to ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
I have a confession to make, I was a closet "no RBA rate cut in July" speculator, going against the 'Big Four' banks and financial market expectations that it would... cut interest rates by another 25 bps at its July 2019 board meeting. So soon ...

Australians rapidly gaining wealth: Roy Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The value of assets held by Australians has almost doubled from 2007 to 2019, up 96%. During the same period, debt held by Australians increased by just 78.6% resulting in net wealth now being 98.7% higher in 2019 than it was in 2007. These are the ...