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Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... of year-on-year contractions. This is hardly surprising given the latest available stats on household income and savings. Gross disposable income growth eased to 1.8% in the year to the March 2017 quarter - the slowest since the GFC low of 1.8% (December ...

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... returns in 2016, according to the annual report conducted by Russell Investments and the ASX. Global bonds (hedged) generated gross returns of 7.4% per annum, followed by Australian bonds at 6.1%. Australian equities meanwhile, fell further away from ...

Exposing the hidden risks of cash

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... from dividends seems well above even today's cash rate." Illustrating this, he pointed to the average decline of 32% of gross dividend yield across all economic crises since the 1890s depression. He demonstrated that the income from cash on a $10,000 ...

Clime acquires equities boutique for $3.6m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
Clime Investment Management will push its gross assets under management past $700 million with the acquisition of a Sydney-based Australian equities boutique. Clime will purchase CBG Asset Management, which has $130 million in assets across three mandates ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... institutional investors as the total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased by 6% to $56 billion with all states except Northern Territory showing an increase. ...

IRESS secures NSX deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... using the market leading access model." IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand Kirsty Gross added that this is good news for IRESS users as it "provides seamless access to a further local stock exchange building on ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... fund that suits them." According to Rainmaker research, the superannuation industry drew in an estimated $31 billion in gross fee revenue in 2016, including $8.1 billion or 26% for trustee offices and administration. Commenting on the report, Rainmaker ...

Asset managers still charging more for less

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... fees - for both retail and institutional investors - the FCA said there was no clear relationship between charges and the gross outperformance of retail active funds. In fact, the FCA added: "There is some evidence of a negative relationship between ...

HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Industry super fund HESTA is calling on the Federal Government to change the rules and allow family violence victims and survivors access to their superannuation. The fund, along with others in the community sector including Financial Counselling Australia ...

IRESS to support boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... focus and dedicated local support team. IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand, Kirsty Gross, said the company is pleased to expand its relationship with Acorn Capital. "Acorn Capital's extension of its existing IRESS ...