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Millennial super products still just hype

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... best less than 1% of the $130 billion millennial superannuation market." Biggest players The biggest players are Virgin Money ($520 million in assets under management), Future Super ($350 million), Mobi Super ($220 million) and Spaceship ($215 million). ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... its board meets next week (June 4) or there'll be a lot of disappointed "expert economists" and punters who put their money where their guesses were. Not only that, Factset prints: "Many also expect RBA to follow up with another rate cut a few months ...

Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... available). Hopefully this time Japan has learnt its lesson, or it will forever be chasing its tail and continue to throw good money after bad.

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... median return of 1%, with the top five funds comprising QSuper, First State, Local Government Super, TASPLAN, and Virgin Money. The top five personal products for the timeframe were those offered by Media Super, NGS Super, Statewide Super, Club Plus ...

CYBG revises Virgin Money offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
CYBG has improved its offer for Virgin Money, the bank and financial services company founded by Richard Branson, in a bid to create a serious national competitor in the UK's banking sector. Under the revised proposal, Virgin Money shareholders ...

Former NAB subsidiary flags merger with Virgin Money

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... ASX-listed banking group formerly owned by NAB made a preliminary approach with respect to an all-share combination with Virgin Money in the UK. CYBG, which operates through the Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and B brands, will acquire all issued and ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... towards normality) turned bad? For sure, the rise and rise of US bond yields are giving equity investors a run for their money. Though down overnight to 2.82% (Bloomberg data) from 2.84%, the recent rise in the 10-year Treasury bond yields have reduced ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... tax purposes. Once the tax calendar rolls over to a new year on January 1st these same investors quickly reinvest their money in the market, causing stock prices to rise." But this calls to mind that old adage, "so goes January, so goes the rest of the ...

Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... fund managers, the Cayman Islands (53%) remains the domicile of choice, followed by the US (29%), Ireland (6%), British Virgin Islands (5%) and Luxembourg (4%). Hedge fund activity across Europe and Asia "remains very limited", but a prominent trend ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... pay and rising prices of basic necessities - utilities, health, shelter, cigarettes (ok, maybe not this one). Certainly, money is not a great motivator but it pays for food on the table and warmth on wintry days. What goes around will come around.