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Retired Aussies make financial decisions alone

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... for retirement that could last 30 years or more," Damianakis said. "Given ongoing market volatility and protracted low interest rates, it would be unwise for retirees to adopt a set and forget approach to their savings and investments and this is often ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... inferring that the RBA would just be sitting - on 0.75% cash rate - and waiting - for the lagged effects of this lowered interest rate to flow through into economic activity. Then again, look at the fine print, footnote (a) - the technical assumptions ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... invest in ethical or green investments, Standard Six requires the adviser to consider whether this is in the client's best interest." However, Rae is not alone, with others in the industry sharing his interpretation. Ethical Advisers Funds Management ...

FPA Congress could be biggest yet

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
The 2019 Financial Planning Association of Australia Congress is on track to be the biggest yet, with numbers of delegates registered surpassing last year's. Dante De Gori, chief executive of the FPA, said registration numbers are tracking to beat the ...

International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
New research shows Australian real assets are attracting international interest. Perpetual Corporate Trust and Preqin's report, Real Assets Growth in Australia reveals the capital flowing into local infrastructure projects is increasingly global, as ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... US yield curve is no longer inverted. This suggests that the Fed may have caught up with the curve with its three rate interest rate cuts over the past few months plus its "technical adjustment" (don't call it QE). In addition, the slump in global ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... Barnden are not seeking remuneration for losses as a result of climate change in the case, instead viewing it as a public interest case. "When those climate change effects hit it is going to have a huge impact on everyone's super. It's a public interest ...

Managed funds fail to perform: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... distort long-run rolling benchmarks." However, in the three-year period to June both property and international fixed interest outperformed the benchmark. Over five years only three sectors outperformed: international equities large cap by 0.10 percentage ...

Adviser scammed family, friends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... investment gains. On top of that, Pierre financed the fraud by using money that he embezzled from a former employer to make interest payments to investors. "We allege that Pierre's Amongst Friends investment opportunity that targeted members of Pierre's ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... expect margins and earnings will remain under pressure in fiscal 2020, especially in consumer banking, as lower lending interest rates and low credit growth are likely to further dent group revenue and profits."