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Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Financial markets got what they wished for from the world's three biggest central banks that met last week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) all delivered as expected but not without help from the repeated and reiterated ...

Spaceship appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
Technology-focused super fund Spaceship has appointed a new portfolio manager. Jason Sedawie joins Spaceship from Decisive Asset Management, where he was also a portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was an equities analyst at Platypus Asset Management ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Bank of England (BOE) did what it said it would do -- it lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% following its 2 November monetary policy council meeting (MPC). The announcement marks the first time in more than a decade that the BOE raised ...

ESG and emerging markets investment continues rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Demand for new smart beta mandates declined significantly over the past 12 months and accounted accounting for only 10% of new mandate activity with investors turning their focus to ESG. A finding from bfinance's latest research shows smart beta was ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The superannuation reforms could narrow the growing self-managed super fund balance gap between male and female members, latest Class insights show. Men typically have 37% more assets than women, and between the ages of 60 and 80 men can retire with ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

New consultancy bridges IFA support gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The rate financial advisers are leaving vertically integrated channels has motivated two industry experts to establish a "ruthlessly independent" community. GreenZone Australia co-founder and partner, Geoff Rimmer, said a significant number of advisers ...

AllianceBernstein slashes retail fees

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
AllianceBernstein (AB) will cut management fees for two of its retail funds. The management fee for the AB Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund has been reduced from 0.70% per annum to 0.55%, while the fee for the AB Global Equity Fund has been cut from ...

Superannuation investment guru joins La Trobe board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The former chief investment officer at Commonwealth Bank Group Super is joining up with La Trobe Financial. Gerard Parlevliet joins the La Trobe Financial board with plans to assist the company expanding its Sydney footprint in the investment sector. ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
Halloween 2017 may have produced some palpitations as kids (and the kids at heart) went trick or treating, but for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) 'twas a fairly ho-hum event. At the conclusion of its 30-31 October policy meeting, the Japanese central served ...