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Younger Australians taking up SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... recent years, increasing their number by 26,000 annually in net terms, in percentage terms this means their growth rate has fallen from 15% in 1998 to now be only 3%. Rainmaker said this dampening creation ratio suggests the market may be approaching ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... natural rate of unemployment (u*) at 5.2%-6.0%; and, the neutral fed funds rate (r*) at 4.25%. These variables have steadily fallen over the years that by June this year the estimates for potential output were at 1.8%-2.0%; unemployment at 4.7%-5.0% ...

Super reform fears hit AMP earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... wealth management division has suffered a major drop in cashflows, down 49.5 per cent year on year. In a statement, AMP said fallen cashflows were a reflection of a volatile investment market and weak investor confidence due to proposed superannuation ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... satisfaction with their super funds. In 2015, 73.5% of surveyed members were satisfied with their main super fund; this has fallen to 68.8%. Furthermore, satisfaction declined across all available categories except problem resolution. Investment performance ...

Opportunities ahead for Chinese outlet malls

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... policy reforms such as the expansion of China's social welfare system. Shopping mall yields in tier-one Chinese cities have fallen as a result of market saturation over the last five years, however the report notes that China's outlet mall space per ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... other agencies are citing increasing risks to banks that have loaned money to oil and gas producers as oil prices have fallen to three-month lows. It is estimated that about 10% of the A$5.5 trillion in loans to oil companies is at risk of default. UK ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... lost for a while in Canada and Nigeria. But there's still a lot of oil looking for markets and so refining margins have fallen," he said. According to Trading Economics analysis, world crude oil prices have fallen 15% in the past year from A$67 to A$57 ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... investment by about 11%, or A$477 billion a year. Chinese own only 4% of US govt debt Chinese holdings of US Treasury bonds has fallen A$1.7 trillion or about 30% of the A$5.3 trillion in US government bonds owned by foreign countries. The liabilities ...

Treasurer ignored credit warnings: Bowen

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... a time where we are seeing the rise of the disenfranchised against the political elite, and where living standards have fallen for eight consecutive quarters, losing our credit rating could be disastrous," he said. He said the Coalition's corporate tax ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... increased by 287,000 in June. This is much, much more than even the highest forecast for a 235,000 gain. The VIX index has fallen by 49% from the Brexit-induced spike that sent it to a four-month high of 25.76. Although contrary to Fed chair Janet Yellen's ...