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Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... bonds? Certainly, China will suffer a loss but America's Trump might have to pay a higher price and we'll all be the poorer for this. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... raise tariffs some more. This, in turn, will prompt retaliation from other countries and make the world, including the US poorer as evidenced by aftermath of the US government's enactment of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act on 17 June 1930 which raised the ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... assets. Underperforming the default index means members of SMSFs with conservative or inactive investment strategies achieved poorer investment outcomes than typical MySuper members, the report said. Over five years, the return gap is widened in favour ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Small Ords. The manager also said markets are more inefficient further down the market cap spectrum, fuelled partly by poorer (and in some cases nonexistent) analytical coverage on the sell side. The strategy takes a fundamental approach to small cap ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... Small Ords. The manager also said markets are more inefficient further down the market cap spectrum, fuelled partly by poorer (and in some cases nonexistent) analytical coverage on the sell side. The strategy takes a fundamental approach to small cap ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... right motivation it leads to demotivation, and that leads to self-interest. And self-interest leads to short-termism and poorer client outcomes," he said.

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... Scheerlinck said employer non-compliance with SG obligations costs workers billions of dollars in lost superannuation, leading to poorer retirement outcomes and higher Age Pension payments. Scheerlinck added that requiring small employers to adopt STP ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... might as well buy a China fund," he said. Vester argued this "obsession with beating the benchmark" can ultimately lead to poorer outcomes for emerging markets investors. After all, he said, "You can't buy a boat with a relative return. You need a fiscal ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... 20% from 2016. "With increasing longevity, we want Australians to be healthier and more active in their retirement, not poorer and sicker," Fahy said. ASFA released a further statement pleading with the federal government to give the superannuation industry ...

Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... investors had listened to certain forecasts which recommended over-allocating to cash over the past five years, they would be "poorer today." "Fear and greed are widely accepted as two of the most destructive investment emotions. Fear is destructive ...