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Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A co-operative of financial planning and advice associations have agreed to deliver one code monitoring solution across their respective memberships as part of the wider commitment to lift ethical and professional standards. Signifying a rare moment ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
It's hard not to agree with US President Donald Trump's latest tweet: "It is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
Investors who firmly believe that fixed income is a safety net in times of market volatility - and followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October ...

Markets could delay retirement plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
More than 420,000 Australian who are due to retire in the next 12 months may have to delay their plans as lackluster share market returns, falling property prices and low interest rates obstruct their wealth. Recent research by Roy Morgan found Aussies ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
It may not be Play School - yes, I was watching this Australian TV kiddie show when the kids were growing up - but the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and Bloomberg's now talking about the grizzly. "The S&P 600 small cap index fell into a bear ...

CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
Colonial First State has appointed a $600 million mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund. In a change that became active last Friday, Boston-based quant manager Arrowstreet Capital took over ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... investments that benefit society, and supports the well-being of our future generations," Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh said. The fund currently commands about 1% of the market share of Australia's working Muslims, a number it hopes to double ...

MLC admin error hits superannuation DB members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
MLC confirmed that one of its superannuation funds under the Plum brand incurred an administration error. It is understood the admin error affected about 30 members from a legacy ExxonMobil defined benefit scheme. MLC did not disclose if the incorrect ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... falling" or utter Glum's (of Gulliver's Travels fame) "we're doomed, we'll never make it"? Even ex-Fed chief Ben Bernanke was oozing optimism months (or was it weeks?) before the global financial crisis hit. I apologise, I may have gone ...

Former AFL club president joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
A former Port Adelaide Football Club president will now chair the board of a $28 billion superannuation fund. Greg Boulton has been appointed by the Governor of South Australia as presiding member (chair) of Super SA. He has been appointed for a period ...