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Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... if you will. And if Markit Economics' latest manufacturing PMI updates on three of the world's biggest economies are anything to go by, we can surely do with some virtue of positive sentiment. Consensus expected the manufacturing PMI's to slow in February ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
If anything, the continued increase in Australian job advertisements affirm the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive take on the domestic labour market. In its February Statement on Monetary Policy, the Australian central bank noted that, "A concentration ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... die - it's not necessarily a cheery topic. People are quite willing to talk about it but they're just not looking to do anything about it," Hutton told a recent media briefing in Sydney. "I think it's alarming that one in two people in Australia will ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... there is no absolute right decision - the sheer range of approaches embedded within the construct of each product is anything but consistent," said Rainmaker head of superannuation research Stephen Fay. "This in itself raises the question of whether ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... for law reform. In the submission signed by REST chair Ken Marshman, it is pointed out that employees still may not do anything if given more of a choice. "Many REST members are still school aged and working in their first job. These members tend not ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Riegelhuth said she found it ridiculous that every single person in Australia will have a super fund "yet we don't get taught anything about it at school." "I think our industry and potentially the accounting industry has something to answer to as well ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... higher than even before Draghi uttered his December promise. The decision: the repo rate unchanged at 0.05% (can't do anything about this anyway); the deposit rate cut to minus 0.3% (markets expected a cut to minus 0.4%) from minus 0.2%; asset purchase ...

Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... cut down processing delays. It goes without saying that claims are made during a difficult time in peoples' lives so anything we can do to improve the experience for members is going to be welcome," Phillips said. Sunsuper manager member benefits Amalie ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy's Law No Virginia, I'm not feeling particularly glum and gloomy today just putting my shoe on the other put and wondering what if the Fed gets it wrong? The timing of the lift-off, that is. The financial ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... to be throwing large sums of money into the market. We have been working towards preserving their money, rather than anything else." This has involved "a lot of education and a lot of handholding." For example, he recommended a client to allocate about ...