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Rich investors not worried about low rates: Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... Australia. The participants had minimum $250,000 in investible assets (excluding property), or personal income of $250,000 or above for at least two years, or $2.5 million in total assets where property equity was included. It also found 86% of the cohort ...

MLC appoints co-head of private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... management. Its first co-investment fund, launched in November 2013 has delivered an IRR net of fees of 20.9% since inception, above its target of 15%.

AMP adds partnered portfolios to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... wrap in the market." The launch of the PMPs comes after MyNorth lowered its administration fees by up to 22% for balances above $250,000. Administration fee caps for individuals are reducing by $400 and for families by $500 per year. Mahan said the platform ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... of 24 in the previous month - with business confidence surging to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above long-term average readings of 17 in March and 19 in Feb (long-term average is 6). More recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Salaries boosted by skills shortage

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... limited supply and high demand in the market, these skillsets are well positioned to command highly competitive and even above-market salary offers from employers eager to secure their talent.

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... confidence hardly comes as a surprise. Business confidence surged to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above long term average readings of 17 in March and 19 in Feb (long-term average is six). Further, the survey found that confidence ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... the 65 to 74 age group and 3.2% to those aged 25 to 34 in the last 20 years. Home ownership rates have consistently been above 80% for 65- to 74-year-olds for the last 20 years. Meanwhile, among those aged 25 to 34, 51% owned their own home in 2000 compared ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... Scott Morrison being overseas during the bushfires at the start of 2020. "We want our leaders to be... as much among us as above us," he said. Financial Standard is the official media partner for the Conference of Major Super Funds, happening in Adelaide ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... reported that headline inflation rose by 0.8% over the month of April - the biggest increase since June 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... and still be consistent with an inflation outcome (based on the personal consumption expenditures price index) modestly above the 2% inflation target set by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). "This would be a welcome development for the FOMC ...