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The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
At long last - after 12 long months of toing and froing speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed ...

MySuper competition heats up: Rainmaker

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... three quarters of all bank-owned MySuper superannuation account balances. Rainmaker Information executive director of research, Alex Dunnin said banks are combining tech expertise with low fees to out-compete. "Australia's banking sector is aggressively ...

Advice practices pass health check

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... of these gaps a priority," Brooks says. Tucker adds advice practices identified similar vulnerabilities when the same research was conducted 12 months earlier, and responded by investing in a range of 'business success tools' include optimising their ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF). Brandon Capital will drive the development of its life sciences fund, the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund, as part of a government initiative to make Australia a global leader in the commercialisation of biomedical ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... university lecturing and journalism are still yet to do so. McGregor is part of a community exposed to archaic gender rules. Research from the Australian Human Rights Commission shows as many as 11 out of 100 Australians belong to a sexual orientation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Australia business confidence "While outcomes in the survey are not pointing to a severe slowdown in economic activity, the results have softened enough to suggest that growth remains sub-trend." (Alan Oster) This is a fair assessment from NAB's group ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... and FX strategy for Australia and New Zealand, Sally Auld; RBC Capital Markets chief economist and head of Australian research, Su Lin Ong; AXA Investment Managers head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker; and master of ceremonies Saul Eslake. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
China vehicle sales China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research (CAR), arguing that a shift in culture is a better way to ensure that a client's long-term objectives are being met. ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
"This is the moment; this is the day When I send all my doubts and demons on their way. Every endeavor I have made ever Is coming into play, is here and now today." -Donny Osmond, 'This is the moment" Well, Wednesday (14 December 2016), to be precise ...