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Plum Super launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
A new product designed to help Australians manage their superannuation in the lead up to and during retirement has hit the market. Plum Retirement Income, a Plum Super (wholly NAB-owned) initiative, will offer an account-based pension for customers ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
"It is worth remembering that it can take 18 to 24 months for a monetary policy action to have its full effect on inflation. This means that central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target." These were the words ...

CFS reaches out to advisers via FirstTech app

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
Colonial First State will introduce new digital enhancements to its FirstTech app, providing access to the latest information on superannuation, tax, social security and aged care. The app will be made available free to all advisers using CFS platforms ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
The Federal Government will take action to close a loophole that allowed employers to short-change employees who chose to make salary sacrifice contributions to their superannuation accounts. The move follows the release of a Superannuation Guarantee ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
BlackRock is expanding its digital and distribution strategies with two executive appointments. Katie Petering is the new head of asset manager sales for BlackRock's exchange-traded funds business iShares. She will report to head of iShares Australia ...

New role builds Cbus momentum, Atkin joins SuperFriend

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
The former deputy chief executive of Industry Super Australia has been appointed to the newly created role of group executive - brand, advocacy, marketing and product at $38 billion fund Cbus. Robbie Campo, known for her involvement with the long-running ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Janet's in the house. US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's much-awaited testimony did not differ greatly from what was already divulged in the FOMC statement released on 14 June - when the Fed raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1%-1.25%. In her ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Financial advice models are proliferating and changing rapidly in the age of technology and big data, prompting advisers to put customers at the heart of business models, according to actuarial and risk management service provider Milliman. Advisers ...

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
In a media briefing, PIMCO global economic adviser Joachim Fels said the firm is gradually de-risking portfolios given the elevated risk of recession in the next three-to-five years. Fels explained that PIMCO is currently in risk reduction mode, adding ...