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Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... by superannuation funds is in the best interests of all Australians. We strongly believe it significantly helps meet the true purpose of superannuation." "We applaud the decision to introduce new levels of support for lifetime retirement income products. ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... understanding the investment product - creates "investor gaps." Capital Fund Management (CFM) president Philippe Jordan says true-to-label balanced portfolios have been rare since the Global Financial Crisis. He says the disappearance means investors ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... expected to result in a slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." Ipso facto, the opposite is true: A de-preciating exchange rate would be expected to result in a faster pick-up in economic activity and inflation than ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... engagement. By driving down transactional costs and enabling fund administrators to grow their business, Acurity delivers a true competitive advantage to clients."

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... high prices, the mid-market continues to provide good investment opportunities for investors seeking stable returns from true infrastructure assets, he said. Combined Super recently appointed Whitehelm's advisory business as its investment consultant. ...

ROYAL COMMISSION: Top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... sales tactics The financial advice industry is grappling with a sales culture mentality and is only at the "cusp" of being a "true profession," the Royal Commission revealed. BT Financial Advice general manager Michael Wright said the industry still ...

RC questions adviser sales tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The financial advice industry is grappling with a sales culture mentality and is only at the "cusp" of being a "true profession," this morning's session of the Royal Commission has revealed. On his second day in the hot-seat, BT Financial Advice general ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... bilateral surplus with the United States and having engaged in persistent, one-sided intervention in foreign exchange markets." True, this. But the US economy is experiencing a trade deficit because it's growing by much more than these countries: US ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Trump and Xi's game of tariff poker goes on. Whether it's Trump's "art of the deal" tactic or a true blue (fallacious) plan to make "America Great Again," only Trump knows - problem is, China's Supremo isn't blinking. To be sure, the prospect of an ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... your funds, and of our profit-to-member sector, is key to our long-term success," she said. This is what aids transparency, true accountability, and trust, she added. "It is up to us to create the retirement future that Australian workers deserve," she ...