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Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... payment." Should the same stats hold when 100% of consumers receive their payments - suggesting more will be saving their tax offset payments rather than going shopping - then Australia, we'll have a problem. Sure, saving and austerity is good for ...

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... concluded poor fund performance comes mostly from high fees, with funds finding it harder to generate strong enough returns to offset the impact of these high fees. Despite the top-performing super funds having different investment strategies, a common ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... vehicles, waste separation, the use of technology, intelligent design of its offices and employee education. Projects to offset its carbon footprint include the purchase of a limited number of certified offsets, such as savanna burning projects that ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... headline numbers were the result of a 3.3% drop in capital spending in building & structures over the quarter that was partly offset by a 2.5% increase in equipment, plant & machinery. Year-on-year, actual total capex declined by 1.1% in the June quarter ...

Perpetual profits dip, investments down 29%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... meaning our value investment style underperformed when compared to the broader peer group." Adams said institutional outflows offset the market rebound in the first half of the year, as super funds continued to take their investments in-house and change ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... business was impacted by declines in global equity markets and outflows in the Smartfund range of managed funds, but was offset by growth in Asia for WealthCraft's CRM and financial planning software.

Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
A portfolio manager artificially inflated a fund's returns and collected a large bonus on the back of it, the US corporate regulator alleged. New Jersey-based portfolio manager and trader Swapnil Rege was employed by a company referred to as Fund Adviser ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... countries continue to play their games - as they have for many years!" But hints (threats?) of US currency intervention were offset by changed market expectations that the Fed would cut the Fed funds rate by only 25 bps at its July FOMC meeting rather ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... a year over the past five years, it said. "It would be easy for employers to simply reduce those nominal wage rises to offset any increase in compulsory super - as they have in the past." Grattan pointed out that compulsory super was originally created ...

Government extends early retirement scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... early retirement scheme payment is an employment termination payment. However, that rate is effectively capped through tax offset up to a specified threshold. The amount of this cap for a payment depends on the nature of the payment. Consultation closes ...