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Investors paying more for less: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
UK wealth management research group LCP's recent survey of 126 asset managers suggests while fee rates are down, investors are still paying more. Introducing the report, LCP partner and head of investment research Matt Gibson said investment managers ...

The romantic side of life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
A recent advertising campaign from ANZ may have assisted financial advisers in making a dent in Australia's burgeoning underinsurance problem. Recently promoting its life insurance offering as 'love insurance', ANZ flipped the traditional insurance ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
As the band 'Chicago' would sing, it would be "baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
The 29th of April 2017 marked the first 100 days since Donald Trump was sworn in as chief executive of America, Inc. "Donald, you're fired!" should be what Americans tell him if poll ratings are anything to go by. In her piece on al.com, Leada Gore ...

Government reform to close super gender gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Women are facing significant challenges when it comes to saving for retirement and the gender gap won't be relieved without government input. That was the key message shared by Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer in a video address ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Bullish on growth, not so on inflation. This is the unifying message from three of the world's major central banks that met over the past 24 hours. As widely expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept monetary policy settings unchanged - discount rate at ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Former Liberal Party leader and chair of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, John Hewson, believes markets are ignoring a climate-induced crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Vanguard believes investors would be better off considering the characteristics of a certain factor and its addition to portfolio performance rather than purely targeting outperformance through factor-based funds. The fund manager's latest research ...

Bankers told to spread positive message

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Twelve months in to its public commitment to place more focus on protecting consumer interests, the banking industry still needs to persuade the community that change is being made. On Friday independent governance expert Ian McPhee delivered his fourth ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Rising momentum in the Eurozone economy have triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic ...