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Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Bloomberg US Dollar Spot index was trading at 96.7680 on the day Trump tweeted the below: "China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Peak superannuation bodies have forcefully rebuked the Grattan Institute's recent claim that middle-income workers would be worse off if the Superannuation Guarantee rose to 12%. Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
With a buoyant stock market, tax cuts, lower interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
IMF Bentham and William Roberts Lawyers will bring a class action against MLC's super fund trustee NULIS Nominees relating to excess fees charged to members for adviser commissions. IMF Bentham and William Roberts will allege NULIS breached its ...

New Bond ETF for BetaShares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
BetaShares announced the launch of the BetaShares Australian Government Bond ETF -adding to its stable of fixed income products. The Australian Government Bond ETF (ASX: AGVT) aims to track the performance of an index that provides exposure to a portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
With business conditions and confidence like it is, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s full employment target just got a little harder to meet. Recall that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night ...

Charter Hall industrial fund scores top Lonsec rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Charter Hall's Direct Industrial Fund No.4 (DIF4) scored Lonsec's top rating. The independent research house rated DIF4 as Highly Recommended, noting its portfolio was 100% occupied by "high-quality tenants" and was well positioned in terms of future ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
If it were posted on Facebook, Wall Street would have "unliked" the strong US non-farm payrolls report for June - up a bigger-than-expected 224,000 from 72,000 in May. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from 3.6% in May, remains near ...

Asset manager bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A specialist investment house tapped a Janus Henderson director of sales as its new distribution head. Specialist fixed interest investment manager Bentham Asset Management appointed David Livera as its director of distribution in an effort to bolster ...

Industry fund to increase premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A $5.6 billion superannuation fund will increase insurance premiums as part of the Protecting Your Super changes after recently reducing costs for members. From 1 August 2019, EISS Super members will pay more for death and TPD cover, and death only ...