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Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Brexit uncertainty remains in the headlines ( dis-United Kingdom prime minister Theresa May survived the vote of no confidence immediately called after the crushing defeat of her proposed Brexit deal in the House of Commons); so is the US government ...

Vale John Bogle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... universities, including his alma mater, Princeton University. In 2014, the Financial Standard Best of Breed (BOB) Global Research and Investment Program delegation had the privilege of meeting Jack Bogle at the Vanguard campus in Malvern Pennsylvania ...

IOOF, ANZ deal not in best interests of members: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... Morningstar is not convinced. Despite yesterday's news of amendments to the contract of sale agreed between IOOF and ANZ, the research house said its base case remains that OnePath Custodians will not approve the successor fund transfer to IOOF. "Under ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
It's ironic that for a country known as the United Kingdom, there seems to be an absence of well, unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 ...

S&P launches new ASX small caps index

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... earnings has historically provided better long-term total returns with less volatility in global small-caps. "Extensive research on US small-cap benchmarks show indices that incorporate earnings eligibility criteria, such as the S&P SmallCap 600, have ...

Aussies want budget help: MoneySoft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... today said budgeting and cashflow management were the most valued advice services for young people. According to the research, Gen Z (aged 16-23), Gen Y (24-38) and Gen X (39-53) don't value any form of advice more than cashflow management and budgeting ...

3.5 million Aussies give financial advice to friends and family: Roy Morgan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Roy Morgan research shows millions of Australians are trusted advisers to their friends and family when it comes to finance and investment decisions. The research shows more than 17% of Australians are asked to advise on the financial matters of their ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
The average returns for MySuper products dropped to 1.9% in the 12 months to November 2018. This was a fall of a further 1.1 percentage points from the 12-month average return seen at the end of October, analysis from Rainmaker shows. The low returns ...

Aristotle enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... equity team is led by chief executive and chief investment officer Howard Gleicher and portfolio manager and senior global research analyst Gregory Padilla. Padilla said: "We are excited to offer our strategies more widely to the Australian institutional ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
About this time last year, financial markets were awash with speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing a monetary policy exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January 2018 ...