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The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Australia's superannuation sector in trying to digest the Productivity Commission's 700-page report with its 31 recommendations need to keep in mind the massive structural problems it is trying to fix. The fundamental problem that has perplexed ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
ASIC and APRA both scored scathing assessments in the Productivity Commission's superannuation report. The regulators sharing responsibility for the oversight of Australia's finance system copped a grilling in the Commission's final report ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... governance rule changes that made it clear the right mix of knowledge, skills and experience, and managing conflicts of interest was more important than the number of independent directors. Trustees should be required to have, use and disclose a process ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... meeting, the federal funds rate would be at or close to the lower end of the range of estimates of the longer-run neutral interest rate". All well and good but where to now brown cow? "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting... ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Colonial First State has topped up a Morgan Stanley mandate, as it fine-tunes the fixed interest exposures in its employer super's lifestage options. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy is now managing $134 million for the FirstChoice Employer ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... cheaper equity market valuation and better returns (4.5% dividend yield)? But here's the rub. The prospect of steady interest rates as far as the eye can see (or in this case, till 2020) is borne out of the not-so-good tidings for the domestic economy. ...

AXA IM backs Japanese logistics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... including five assets in Greater Tokyo and one within Greater Osaka. The assets are on average over 95% leased with strong interest in the remaining space, the group said. All of the assets are newly constructed within the past three years and are located ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... have positive returns, he said. "Two of the biggest risks to my overall theme are the ongoing trade wars and increasing interest rates," Sagun added. "Resolution, which we're seeing nascent stages of with a revised NAFTA and a truce between the US ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Trump has already won the war against China. More so, because despite the slowdown in global trade and the Fed's four interest rate hikes in 2018 (the fed funds rate increased from 1.5% to 2.5%), US economic growth remains strong - evidenced by the ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
A landmark Federal Court judgment has provided greater clarity between general and personal financial advice, ruling in favour of Westpac's position. Yet the bank still managed to breach the Corporations Act. Judge Jacqueline Gleeson said ASIC failed ...