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Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... consumers remain upbeat on current conditions - up to 116.5 from 111.8 in May - consumer expectations dropped to 86.3 in June versus the preliminary reading of 87.4 and May's final reading of 89.1 The reason: Trump's tariffs. But don't take ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... impact their ability to deal with finances, such as cognitive decline. While this type of advice might fall into the general versus personal advice grey area, Cooper said it's not insurmountable if new legislation stepped in. However, he pointed ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... separated couple" and cases are assessed individually, she said. Other areas she covered included: pension loan scheme versus reverse mortgages, accommodation supplements for low means residents based on the building's condition, treatment of life ...

Super State of Origin: Who wins?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... NSW has the most expensive and cheapest MySuper product when it comes to life insurance. Lastly, NSW has more funds (84 versus 16) and more members (9.8 million versus 2.2 million). However, on average Queensland funds have larger memberships. One of ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... and competitiveness. The report likens aspects of Australia's $2.6 trillion super system to a lottery. Default super versus choice The 571-page draft report pits default super versus choice and the Commission has developed a model which it believes ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... to a reading of +10 in April (above the long run average of +6) and business conditions increased by six points to +21 (versus the long run average of +5 and equalling the highest level since the survey started in March 1997. The details of the reports ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... the first month of 2018, the benchmark index's performance to date is down to a mere 0.3% as the euro strengthened versus the US dollar. The euro currency's recent reversal - down to US$1.1655 from US$1.2503 in January - should help underpin ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... to manage exposures. It will charge 1.5% pa in management fees. Performance fee is 20% of the fund's excess return versus the benchmark RBA cash rate, net of management fees. Both funds have a minimum investment size of $20,000. The high conviction ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... less against all major currencies: down 3.5% against the US$; down 4.1% on the euro; down 6.3% against the yen; down 5.2% versus the pound; down 6% vis-a-vis the renminbi; and, down 4.3% on the trade weighted index. The Australian dollar's depreciation ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... volatility in the financial markets is prompting safe-haven purchases of the Japanese yen. The yen has appreciated by 6.1% versus the greenback this year to date (after recording a 3.1% increase in 2017). It goes without saying that the Japanese currency's ...