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Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
"Help, I need somebody... Help me if you can, I'm feeling down... Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me." -- The Beatles Most major world central banks have already cut interest rates (more than once) and/or ...

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Australia's superannuation funds have dropped in the global ranking of the world's largest pension funds. According to Willis Towers Watson's latest Thinking Ahead Institute/Pensions and Investments World 300 report, Australia's super ...

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
The AFA Foundation is heading towards an enormous milestone, anticipating $2 million donations in 2019. The AFA Foundation may well reach over $2 million in donations this year, with much of it donated by the association's adviser members, AFA Foundation ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
BlackRock partnered with a $23 billion superannuation fund to develop an ESG-focused global bond index fund. VicSuper has again partnered with the global fund manager, this time to develop a global bond index fund similar to the ESG Australian Bond ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
As if the world hasn't had enough of the overhanging pall engendered by lingering trade tensions, US President Trump is about to raise the stakes and expand the scope to currency manipulators. This I learned from The New York Times (NYT) on May ...

Australia appeals holistically to foreign investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Foreign investors tend to look at Australia holistically before investing in the local share market, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. About 45% of participants said numerous factors contribute to making Australia an attractive place ...

Saxo launches digital access to Chinese bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
Australian institutional clients of Saxo Bank have been given digital access to Chinese bonds via its global multi-asset offering. Enabled via mutual bond access program Bond Connect, qualified Australian and global institutional investors can now trade ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation suggests defaulting workers' retirement savings into the Future Fund would be a costly mistake. According to Industry Super Australia, workers would be about $124,000 worse off if their superannuation was ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...