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Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... you could perhaps still qualify for the age pension." Theobald said the new trend had been spawn from decades of low interest rates and people gearing their investments to the max, locking younger generations out of the property market with high prices. ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... mandate after Gardior showed Hastings Funds Management the door. Lette in particular was concerned with the conflicts of interest involved in appointing MIRA, specifically in relation to one of TIF's largest assets - the Port of Newcastle. At the time ...

Fixed income ETFs prosper despite low rates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Latest research shows record low interest rates haven't put investors off fixed income, as Australia's ETF market continues to explode. According to new figures released by the Australian Securities Exchange and Vanguard, investors are doubling ...

Global equities enjoy strongest year since 2013

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... property performed too, turning in its best calendar year since 2014 at 19.6%, while both Australian and international fixed interest performed well at 7.3% and 7.2% respectively. Cash finished last in Morningstar's list of asset classes, returning 1.3% ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is considering making changes to how it administers about 570,000 defined benefit member accounts as its existing systems age. CSC has invited interested companies to submit proof-of-concepts for a core registry ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said in a submission to Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services. The submission, in response to Treasury's exposure draft legislation and ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... between Christmas and mid-January; a 2.3% increase from 2018." Hip, hip. The RBA wouldn't need to exhaust all its interest rate cut bullets, not to mention engage in quantitative easing, anymore. More so, given that the Morrison government - forgive ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... million to investors after failing to swell and diversify its assets under management. It maintains a big presence in fixed interest in Australia and managed about $40.5 billion in total at March end (including Kapstream's 12 billion AUM at the time). ...

Geared super funds hit jackpot

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... for the period ending 31 December 2019, some of these funds continued to show returns over 50%." Editor's note: In the interest of transparency, Jason Ross was employed as a senior product manager at Colonial First State prior to joining Rainmaker.