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Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... status quo. In America, President Donald Trump will deliver his 'State of the Union' address and the Fed meets for the first time this year (and Madam Yellen's last). In Europe, we'll get the latest update on the region's economic growth (fourth quarter ...

Perpetual wins new active ETF mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... in this calendar year, and while we have worked on numerous listed investment trusts in the past, this will be the first time we act as RE for an exchanged traded managed fund. "We are seeing a growing trend in managers launching listed products as they ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... A$7.4 billion (0.4% of GDP) anticipated last May. And if memory serves me right, another difference is that this is the first time in years that the MYEFO budget aggregates forecasts were revised higher from the May Budget. Australian financial markets ...

SMSFs continue rise

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... running SMSFs control nearly a third (30%) of Australia's superannuation assets, which reached $2.5 trillion for the first time last month. Key statistics for the superannuation industry as at 30 September 2017

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... They've got a combination of cash and units in a trust." As reported in Financial Standard on November 9, this isn't the first time Wilson Asset Management and Aurora have had competing interests. In August last year, WAM called for an extraordinary ...

Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... principal adviser Michelle Tate-Lovery said as a business owner for 23 years, it requires wearing multiple hats. For the first time in 2000, she took the adviser practitioner hat off, drew a line in the sand and valued what the business was worth. What ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
Australian's superannuation assets have hit $2.5 trillion for the first time, according to the latest APRA statistics. Figures show an 8.7% increase over the 12 months from September 2016 from $2.3 trillion to $2.5 trillion in total superannuation assets. ...

CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Colonial First State's lifestage funds have reached sufficient scale to invest in direct infrastructure assets for the first time. MySuper FirstChoice Lifestage superannuation products, which hold more than $8 billion in assets and traditionally invested ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... business models - could give mutuals funding flexibility and "raise billions of dollars in fresh growth capital" for the first time. The Customer Owned Banking Association welcomed the Turnbull Government's recognition of the customer-owned model as ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... represent a significant change to the nature or scale of its activities without shareholder approval." This isn't the first time Wilson Asset Management and Aurora have had competing interests. In August last year, WAM called for an extraordinary general ...