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Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), representing $1.5 trillion in funds under management, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Finding quality in small caps

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... Advisors demonstrates that small caps traditionally outperform large companies in bull market conditions and underperform in bear markets. However there are still long-term opportunities even as global growth forecasts remain robust. "While top-line ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Lock it in, Eddie. Lock in another 25 basis point interest rate hike after the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee meets on 13-14 June. The odds of the Fed raising the fed funds rate from 0.75%-1.0% to 1.0%-1.25% next month have already risen to more ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' study of the US, UK, Japan, China and Australia's pension systems shows governments bear the cost (60%) of funding income, healthcare and inheritance for people aged 65 and over. This is followed by a reliance ...

Financial stress rising in Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
About one third of Australians are living pay cheque to pay cheque, according to the latest insight from BT Financial Group. The 2016 BT Australian Financial Health Index shows 32% of Australians always or often find themselves relying on pay cheques ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... need a global partner that understands the complexities of market structure, compliance, and liquidity, and can bring to bear the tools and technology that are most relevant and impactful for the buy-side trader." "By joining with Liquidnet, we are helping ...

Banks hoping to stall new tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... customers and shareholders. CBA argues that as the largest taxpayer in Australia the addition of the levy requires the bank to bear an even more disproportionate amount of tax which will be "unfairly borne by families and businesses who are our customers ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Poor rates on savings accounts, pricey property, and stock market volatility is leading an influx of millennial money to peer-to-peer lending. According to P2P lending platform RateSetter, millennials are coming in droves to seek out alternatives to ...

AMP Capital appoints insto business head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
AMP Capital has appointed a new head of its institutional and corporate business. Tim Nation joined AMP Capital 2010, and was most recently head of real estate capital. Before that, he was acting fund manager for AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund. ...