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US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... through the banks but in the US more of it goes directly to the corporate bond market. So you have more unlisted companies raising money through the corporate debt market," she said. "I don't want to make a gross generalisation because there are ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... instead of passively accepting their new employer's default option." He puts this shift in part down to the Royal Commission raising consciousness around super and marketing efforts by industry super funds. "While Australians are increasingly loyal to ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan estimates ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... consistent with his view (and criticism) that the US Federal Reserve should have been cutting interest rates instead of raising them when it did. Certainly, it would put downward pressure on the US dollar and, coupled with his increased tariffs, would ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... China's stimulus measures is June's announcement relaxing infrastructure financing rules for local governments by raising their local special purpose debt quota to CNY2.15 (US$310 billion) - a 60% increase from 2018 - in order to boost infrastructure ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... from spending now (prices will be the same or lower in the future) while restrained consumption prevents businesses from raising prices of consumer goods and services. The yen's renewed appreciation - up by 2.9% since the BOJ's April meeting ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... do it early to avoid having to do it by more down the track (using the same rationale central banks' spit out when raising interest rates). We heard this song before. Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson echoes the familiar refrain ...

FPA moves to improve adviser mental health

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... business, a family, and volunteering in your community, like so many of our members do," De Gori said. De Gori was clear that raising standards and advancing change is absolutely necessary, but acknowledged the difficulty involved. "We're encouraging ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... size is $100,000. Fees are a 1.5% p.a. management fee plus a performance fee above a 6.5% net p.a. hurdle. Perennial is raising a minimum of $50 million to $100 million max for a late July close. Perennial Value's head of smaller companies and microcaps ...

Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... policies that "improve the fairness and sustainability of superannuation for all Australians, which includes a commitment to raising the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% as scheduled."