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Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... decline, falling by US$12.3 billion in January to US$2.988 trillion - the first time since February 2011 that reserves had fallen below the important psychological threshold of US$3 trillion. Though this represented a slowing in the pace of decline - ...

Strong SMSFs bridging gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... improved, with the ratio now 53:47 male to female. The average age of members and trustees of newly-established SMSFs has fallen from 59 to 48. Managing director and chief executive of the SMSF Association, Andrea Slattery, said this is indicative of ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... year to US$3 trillion as at November this year as it tries to defend the yuan against the rising US dollar. The yuan has fallen by 6.7% this year to date. While good for the Chinese economy, a disorderly depreciation could spark a disorderly capital ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... to step down following the "no camp's" victory on the referendum over his plan to reform the constitution. The euro has fallen by around 1.0% against the US dollar following the news and futures market are pointing to lower European and US equity markets ...

Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... level of profitability, you need to take a step back and assess this profitability in light of the majors' ROEs, which have fallen considerably since the GFC. "[Their] ability to identify cost take-out opportunities that can be realised in the short-to-medium ...

BTFG navigates wealth management headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
BT Financial Group's cash earnings contribution to Westpac has fallen by 4% to $876 million in the past year, indicating an increasing pressure on the big four banks' wealth management divisions. Cash earnings for BTFG's funds management division dropped ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, ASIC called out recent scandals, saying: "In recent times banks have fallen short of community expectations, as they themselves have acknowledged. Work is needed to restore trust and confidence." However ...

Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... compulsory superannuation forces people to save more via superannuation, there's little evidence that non-super savings have fallen very much in response," Grattan Institute said. "There is little reason to expect this pattern of non-super saving to ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... estate for these tax concessions." The number of investors who believe Brisbane offers the best investment prospects has fallen slightly - from 58% to 50% over the last year - but the city remains far ahead of any other capital cities (Melbourne 20% ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, perform the poorest. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Blame the European Central Bank ...