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Association names new chief and president

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... president of the financial education and advisory services provider to superannuation funds. Mann, the principal of Sydney-based True Direction Financial, succeeds Douglas Latto. Latto is principal of Legan Financial Services. He oversaw the rebrand ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... early rate hike would reduce the necessity for even bigger increases in interest rates in the future - the opposite must be true. The longer the RBA waits before cutting interest rates, the stronger the economy's weakening momentum grows, the bigger ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
"They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... that Australia needs as many as 200 superannuation funds or 40,000 plus investment options. But that well-worn adage remains true: past performance is not necessarily a good guide to future performance," he said. Work must also be done to ensure new ...

Royal Commission principles not simply an add-on

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... instance where the firm said it will do something and does something else, the customer will take that "as the evidence of your true character," he said. Following the Royal Commission report today, the ethics specialist said it will matter how firms ...

SMSF returns not accurate in Productivity Commission report

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... particular, the expenses quoted by the Commission for SMSFs with less than $500,000 in net assets were close to double the true costs." Class says that instead of adjusting the ATO's measure for contributions tax and insurance along with the denominator ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... also be required, the report said. "The age old adage that past performance is no guarantee of future performance is only true of investment markets in a narrow sense... The adage is also incongruent with the evidence in this inquiry that good long-term ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... strongly support raising the bar for MySuper products to ensure individuals are not defaulted into poorly performing funds. True competition requires high-performing funds of all shapes and sizes, and we should not create barriers to entry for start-ups ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... Perry said: "Stock market down 4.98% this year. Your tariffs and policies are hurting our country!" Then again, here's a true Trump believer, Ava Armstrong's reply to Trump's tweet: "You're right: the Fed thinks they're in charge. ...