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Vanguard launches SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Vanguard has launched a self-managed super fund capability within its Personal Investor offering. Through Vanguard Personal Investor, SMSFs will be able to trade the top ASX shares by market capitalisation at $19.95 or 0.15% per trade (whichever amount ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lifting of the state of emergency in the country on May 25 has been rewarded with encouraging indications of recovery in the economy. This is highlighted by the improvement in the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI surveys. ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New research has revealed the extent of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation's retirees, with many now fearful for the future. In a survey of 1007 current and prospective retirees nationwide, Allianz Retire+ found that four ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
S&P Global has warned of a record number of junk bonds in June as issuance in the US high yield bond market tracks at its busiest pace. The global ratings agency said there is an expected US$23.88 billion priced through June 12, following on from May's ...

Chief economist update: The power of money (and a cure)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
"...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world." -- Louis Armstrong It seems a long, long time ago but it's only been three whole trading days (June 11) since Wall Street suffered a big fall - the day US benchmark equity indices closed sharply ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
A Melbourne-based investment management firm says the key to avoiding sequencing risk is to build an "all weather" portfolio. Absolute-return fund Cor Capital said pre-retirees and retirees in particular need to pay attention to sequencing risk to avoid ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Just when we thought that life was slowly returning to normal, reports out of Beijing have turned into reality what many feared - a second wave. While all our uncles and their dogs blamed China for the "bother" the world finds itself in, its policy ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto has been excluded from two portfolio options of a major industry superannuation fund following its destruction of 46,000 year old Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge last month. First State Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
For the second consecutive month, Australia's MySuper options have generated positive returns, after a couple of negative months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest Rainmaker research shows the average return for MySuper products in May was 2.1%, which ...