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How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
NAB has put a dollar figure on the magic number Australians think they need to "significantly improve their lives forever." The average Australian believes they need $828,000 - up 9% over last year - to turn around their life financially. However, the ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... A$ has depreciated by 1.8% versus the US dollar in the first quarter of this year and by 4.0% on the trade weighted index (TWI). And if this still isn't enough, the RBA has more scope than its peers for easier policy. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
Trade war and an escalation of it was what every other financial market report pointed to as ground zero for the renewed equity market slump. Most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town have now turned red this year to date, one would ...

Tariff exemption a sigh of relief: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Directly subjecting Australia to US President Donald Trump's proposed steel and aluminium tariffs would have been dire for the country's resources sector, according to more than half (63%) of respondents in Financial Standard 's weekly spot poll. Australia ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
"You may have noticed that at yesterday's meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
A global institution is placing $225 million with Aviva Investors to be the asset manager's cornerstone investor for its latest fund launch in Australia. Last month Aviva Investors chief executive Euan Munro revealed the firm, via its new mandate win ...

Aussie equities boutique appoints portfolio manager from Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
A boutique Australian equities manager has appointed a new portfolio manager. Sam Twidale joins DNR Capital from Schroders in London, where he was a fund manager focused on European equities. Before that, he was an equity research analyst at Citi and ...

Employers of choice work to close super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
A $70 billion superannuation fund and one of Australia's largest life insurers have been recognised for commitment to gender equality in the workplace. First State Super and TAL have been named as Employers of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
One of the largest robo-advisers in the US saw its website go offline while markets fell across the globe on February 5. Wealthfront had to issue multiple clarifications to users via Twitter after complaints reached the platform that the website was ...