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Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... New Year as equity markets rise on good news and fall on negative headlines... day in and day out. The chart of the JP Morgan Global PMI picture above is instructive in that a great portion of the slowdown in global growth is due to the significant downtrend ...

Praemium renews Asgard contract

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... Praemium's newest client for its reporting and administration platform. Arguably its biggest signing of 2018 came in June when Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Australia signed its 115 financial advisers to the SMA technology. This was after Praemium ...

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
... lackluster share market returns, falling property prices and low interest rates obstruct their wealth. Recent research by Roy Morgan found Aussies would retire with an average gross wealth (total assets excluding owner-occupied homes) of $331,000 - 40% ...

Future Fund investment specialist joins NZ Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... appointed head of strategy in 2010. His experience includes working in senior strategy roles at AIG Financial Products and Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he worked with both the International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. In March ...

$300k makes advice worthwhile: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Roy Morgan research suggests having a minimum of $300,000 triggers the need for financial advice. The survey of more than 50,000 consumers in the year to October reinforces that financial advisers tend to target clients at the top end of the income ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... over the next 10 to 15 years. Releasing its 2019 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) in Australia this week, J.P. Morgan Asset Management upped its return forecast on emerging markets by 50 basis points to 8.5% over the next decade. The call ...

ASIC appoints to disciplinary panel

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Heads from stockbrokers Macquarie Securities and Morgans are among new appointees to a peer review panel at ASIC. The corporate regulator has added four members to its markets disciplinary panel, which peer reviews the decisions about whether infringement ...

Royal Commission on social media: Executives grilled

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... determined the bonus levels for the senior staff at Australia's largest bank and one of its largest companies. - Peter Morgan (@psimpsonmorgan) November 21, 2018 Private investor Peter Morgan was bemused as the Royal Commission revealed the remuneration ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...