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Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... harm would be for continued steady interest rates. This is affirmed by Lowe's words at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal: "I remain confident we're going to get back to 2.5% [inflation], it's just going to take us a ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... stewardship statement. Industry funds AustralianSuper and HESTA made the pledge after the code was launched at ACSI's annual conference earlier this year, with AustralianSuper chief executive and ACSI president Ian Silk highlighting the importance of ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

New S&P indices factor in future carbon price risks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... restrict global warming to a two degree Celsius increase by the year 2100 as per the 2015 Paris Agreement at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in December 2015 ('COP21')," the index provider said in the methodology. Trucost's ...

SMSF administrator chief joins advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
The former chief executive of a self-managed superannuation fund administrator has taken a new role at an ASX-listed financial services firm. Former SuperGuardian chief executive Olivia Long has been appointed managing director, strategy and operations ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... which is a negative for both inflation and growth. RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal shot me down... "I remain confident we're going to get back to 2.5% [inflation], it's just ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... like this and Houston, we'll get a rate cut. However, Governor Lowe's recent statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal infers that the RBA would neither raise nor cut interest rates in the immediate future. "I remain confident ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... for Australian retirees." When Shead spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast last year, he argued many investment professionals are fundamentally disconnected from the true value of their ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... weekend's G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada (just because he felt insulted by Canadian PM Trudeau's post-meeting news conference). If Trump can't agree to disagree with his allies... Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... US president about North Korea and trade. Early reports were encouraging with Trump announcing at their joint press conference that, "We're working hard to reduce our trade imbalance which is very substantial, remove barriers to US exports and to ...