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Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...

QIC calls out unnecessary risk fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Portfolio managers are missing out on returns thanks to an unnecessary fear of risk, according to new research from investment manager QIC. "Bonds are often considered the quiet achiever in investment portfolios," QIC director research and strategy ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Lost in the current expectations du jour - inevitable Fed rate hike on the 15th of March (and how many more thereafter) and US president Trump's reflationary policies (would they be passed in full, scaled down, or abandoned) are recent developments ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... of Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners Scholarship program, assisting NAB Financial ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... step towards ensuring best practice in the insurance complaints handling experience," AIST executive manager, policy and research, David Haynes said. "This initiative will improve data accuracy in the industry, allowing insurers to better price their ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A few more sleeps and the fed funds rate would no longer have a zero in front of a decimal point but a one. Unless something surprisingly dramatic occurs between now and the ides of March (15th of March), the US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... AFA chief executive Brad Fox said: "The AFA/SI Life Company of the Year Awards are based on independent quantitative research conducted by Strategic Insight, actuaries and researchers, resulting from three separate investigations during the year. "Each ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... years, and the percentage of those investing in ETFs via an SMSF decreased from 45% to 13%. Investment Trends head of research (wealth management) Recep Peker said this shows that millennial investors are expected to be a significant driver of future ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... role of women. An Australian domiciled pool fund will launch this year. Christensen says ESG enables better investment research, while impact investing gives investors a story line and actual meaning to what they're investing in. He sees the two coming ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Quickening US import and export price inflation indicates that, barring a surprisingly weak US non-farm payrolls report (released later tonight), the fed funds rate would be at 0.75%-1.0% in about five days' time (15th of March). Import prices rose ...