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Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
Group insurance remains cost effective and beneficial for members, but there's significant disparity among premium rates and the level of cover superannuation funds are offering, latest Rainmaker research reveals. The study of 15,000 insurance deals ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
Houston, we're on target. The US Income and Outlays account released last Friday showed that US inflation as measured by the US Federal Reserve's favoured gauge - the core PCE price index - is now smack bang where the Fed wants it, rising by ...

MySuper approaches $650 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
At a time when default superannuation is under the Productivity Commission spotlight, it is important to recognise MySuper now represents one-quarter of Australia's $2.6 trillion super system - and it's growing fast. Latest Rainmaker analysis ...

Record number of Australians seek CFA qualification

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
More than 10,000 Australian candidates have signed up to sit the CFA exams this financial year - a jump of 36% over the previous 12 months. Last year, 7606 candidates registered for the exams held at three test centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the emerging-market equivalents of FANG stocks are even more expensive, higher risk and lower quality than their US counterparts, according to State Street Global Advisors. A May strategy highlights note written by SSGA chief ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
The Productivity Commission recommends an independent review of insurance in superannuation; that Australians enter default super once; and that super funds disclose trailing financial adviser commissions. These are a few of the 22 recommendations in ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
I'm all for transparency but some discussions or disagreements are better resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell ...

SMA provider to award $20m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
A separately managed account provider will soon award a $15-20 million Australian equities mandate to a high conviction manager, but with a twist. Agentia is working with portfolio construction consultancy InvestSense to reshape its Australian equities ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
Six index points or 0.1% is all the All Ordinaries index needs to add to by the close of today's trading activity and it would match the decade-high (January 2008) closing level of 6241.46 points recorded on January 9 this year. As at yesterday's ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Labor Party said pensioners and working Australians will be most disadvantaged by this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten ...