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Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A Rainmaker study of extra benefits and features being offered by super funds in Australia reveals that technology and communication-oriented features are the most active area of product development. Rainmaker noted the results show that funds realise ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... what he likes... and then some. Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang's 6.5% growth target for this year is tracking well (surprise, surprise) - with a buffer to boot - as China's economy growth accelerated in the first three months of 2017. Chinese GDP ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Sixty-eight per cent of Gen Xers worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... chemical attack in Syria and nuclear missile testing in North Korea - and doubts over Trump-flation. This came as no surprise for Wall Streeters saw the latest updates on the US economy... and they were good. While both the Markit and ISM surveys of ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... Freedom (PVV), indicating the rejection of Trump-like populism in Europe - the resurgence in consumer optimism comes as no surprise. After dropping to a reading of -6.2 in February (from -4.8 in January), the flash estimate of the Directorate General ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... expected to underperform given high and growing supply, and weakening demand in 2017. "Seoul commercial real estate may surprise this year with stronger growth. The bulk of the city's oversupply has been absorbed and tenant demand may improve because ...

Lonsec upgrades Flinders fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Ratings house Lonsec has upgraded the Flinders Emerging Companies Fund from 'Investment Grade' to 'Recommended'. In its research report, Lonsec noted an increased conviction in Flinders Investment Partners investment team and process. They consider ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... through much of H2 2016". No Virginia, the sky is not falling. More so because the February "give back" didn't come as a surprise either. NAB chief economist Alan Oster warned about this when the NAB Business Survey for January was released last month. ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... those goals or not. "This tells us that advice makes a difference to actual outcomes. While that shouldn't come as a surprise, we need to make sure that we have the capability to get to those when we refer back to that 60% with unmet needs," Dunn explained. ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... - i.e. better than expected results given the improvement in other indicators in recent times - similar to the upside surprise in the January payrolls report. US employment increased by 227,000 in January following a 157,000 addition in December and ...