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Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
You oughta be congratulated! Clap, clap, claps are in order for the six sages (out of 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg) who correctly anticipated the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) verdict to cut interest rates by 25 bps to a historic low 2.25% ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... understand more about the superannuation industry. And it was Canberra based, which suited family ties. So it was just a perfect opportunity." For the full story, download the 27 January issue of the Financial Standard iPad app here.

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. Insurance premium prices reduced dramatically in 2009 and, since then, consumers ...

Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Thank you Australian Financial Review (AFR) and RBA Governor Glenn Stevens for your early Christmas present - the gift of sharing. In what has now become a "tradition," we learned from the AFR Gov Glenn's thoughts on: The international economy: "The ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A chase for yield, combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

MDAs allow small players to act as large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... technology in managed accounts. She attributed the rise of managed accounts in the United States and other countries to a "perfect storm" of technology improvements and the global financial crisis, which damaged investors' faith in traditional managed ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... for me too - QE, that is"? Janet, after all, is an experienced woman - nearly six years of it... on QE. Janet is in a perfect position to advice Mario on what Mario is expected to embark on... pretty soon. I, too, wait in anticipation. But Wall Street ...

Managedaccounts.com.au adds adviser to sales team

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Managedaccounts.com.au has expanded its sales and relationship management team, appointing a former Melbourne- based financial planner. Doug Kirkham has joined the managed account provider from advisory firm, Cameron Walshe Financial Planning, where ...