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Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... decision. "If the changes made to portfolios align with an investor's time horizon and risk profile, and were based on good research then there may not be a need to revert to the previous portfolios," she says. "If the decision was made in haste, then ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
If there's anything that's 100% certain, it is that the European Central Bank (ECB) will keep current interest rate settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.40%. Although, given the mounting ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... No resolution has been passed for the combined entity to trade under a new name, though a spokesperson confirmed that research conducted by the banks has indicated Holiday Coast members would be happy for the name to change to Regional Australia Bank. ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... through multiple lenses to assess their effectiveness across the ESG spectrum - a systematic process that then focuses research and investments in those companies scoring highly in this regard," Sowerby said. "Second, a strict filter is applied across ...

New tax-effective Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... making its trading decisions. Senior portfolio manager Max Cappetta, who has a masters with an actuarial maths major and research director Anthony Corr, who has a PhD in finance, first worked on the idea in the early 2000s when they worked at Boston-based ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... that there are great opportunities for investors in the microcaps universe as brokers find it increasingly difficult to research the growing sector," Smith said. "Over recent years we have begun to also deliver impressive returns in the under-researched ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has announced the finalists of the 2019 Managed Account Awards. The awards cover single sector asset classes and multi-asset class programs with a range of risk profiles or other goal based objectives. ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... their superannuation, starting with identification issues that pose a significant barrier. Another key finding from the research is the focus of ATSI people on the wellbeing of the collective, rather than individual wealth and accumulation of money or ...