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Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Northern Trust's Australian business is gauging if exchange traded products could help grow its nascent asset management business in Australia, says country executive Angelo Calvitto. "It is something that we are looking at as part of our broader ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... infrastructure assets with monopoly characteristics and defensive cash flows, such as airports, toll roads, rail roads and water, gas and electricity utilities. However, power producers and retailers with exposure to volume and pricing risk are avoided ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... talk of recruitment problems." But like the Y2K bug heading into the year 2000 - when fears over transportation, power and water plants, bank deposit, loan and credit calculations, government records, hospital and medical records and services and so ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... tough and it remains to be seen when the weight will lift, with Ferguson saying most "are just keeping their heads above water". For some, McCallum fears, the combined forces of change will prove too much, saying: "Where we're headed to is the right ...

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The American investing giant is shutting down its Sydney office less than two years after it came back to Australia for round two, according to a letter sent to investors. Charles Schwab's Frenchs Forest based office led by managing director John-Paul ...

ASIC bans adviser again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A financial adviser previously banned by ASIC has found himself in hot water again. Tarandeep Aujla has been banned from providing financial services for three years by the corporate regulator for failing to act in the best interests of his clients. ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A recession is coming! Worries over a global recession are everywhere! Financial market investors are seeking safety - exiting equity markets and queuing to purchase longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar ...

New super fund tests waters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
A new superannuation fund hoping to bridge the retirement savings gap will launch with the hope of disrupting the system that has disadvantaged women. Super Life is founded by chief executive Pascale Helyar-Moray, who formerly led Human Super. According ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... business of leasing agricultural properties and equipment, such as almond orchards, poultry, cattle, vineyards, cotton and water rights. At the end of December 2018, Bonitas alleged RFF overstated its net assets by 100%, valuing the portfolio at its ...