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Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
"The Australian economy is evolving broadly as expected. The Bank's forecasts are little changed from those published in the May Statement on Monetary Policy. The economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of around 3% over the next couple of years ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
New research from LaSalle Investment Management suggests environmental factors will have a significant impact on real estate investment portfolios in the future. LaSalle's report conceded that while most investors are unwilling to "sacrifice return ...

Retirement advice will take hit from education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
Australian baby boomers will struggle to receive quality financial advice as experienced financial planners continue to offload practices at bargain prices in the face of regulatory reform. As more high-level advice needs grow for Australians facing ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Wall Street's on a tear with all of the equity market's benchmark indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones; Nasdaq; Russell 2000 - hitting record highs last week. The most proximate cause is, of course, the strong June quarter earnings results. According to Factset ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has flagged expanding the fund's internal investment team to manage more than half of its rapidly growing asset base. Australia's largest superannuation fund has previously said it is aiming to manage between ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Australian inflation has decelerated - headline inflation slowed to 1.9% in the year to the June quarter from 2.1% in the March quarter. Yet it's also picked up - the weighted median up to 1.8% from 1.7%; but it's also flat - a trimmed mean steady at ...

Former Wallabies captain joins Stockspot

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
A former Australian Wallabies captain will lead Stockspot's new partnership strategy on a consultative basis, with financial advisers and accountants firmly in his sights. Stirling Mortlock, who led the Australian national rugby union side from 2006 ...

Advice requires customisation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
Financial advisers who customise services at an individual personal level are not only more likely to win new clients but are perceived to be trusted advisers, according to an academic. Research shows while an adviser's expertise and reputation are ...

The challenges of modern estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
Ageing populations giving rise to an increasing number of blended families will drive up complexity in estate planning, according to Bartier Perry Lawyers executive lawyer Chris Tsovolos. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum ...