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Poor performance a fiduciary breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... retail as it readjusts its business model, and a significant shake-up in the profit to member sector as well. And I would hope that APRA would drive this, ending the days of trustees being a servant to their commercial owner rather than a servant to ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... Which precisely the wrong way of doing things," Tyler said. "For us as bond investors this is actually a good thing. What we hope is that we start to see a rotation on the part of Australian investors towards fixed income as an asset class. If it's Daintree ...

Rewards program to boost super savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... been spent on everyday items like groceries, petrol and bigger ticket items such as furniture and airfares, he said. "We hope SUPERSUPER will make a meaningful difference to the lives of our members. It is designed to simplify their relationship with ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
A commercial property lender believes banning limited recourse borrowing arrangements in their entirety would be too heavy handed, saying critics often cite residential property spruikers to cast shadows. Thinktank chief executive Jonathan Street said ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert announced two major updates to the proposed Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) initiative, one of which is giving superannuation trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The intensity of the US and China trade war roiling the equity markets is worrying investors who are seeking alternative emerging markets exposure. This is according to King Irving Funds Management managing director Kate Mulligan, who sees emerging ...

RBA calls for more innovation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... predict what particular innovations we would like to see or the customers would like to use," he said. "If you ask us what we hope the side effects of the developments of the FSS and the NPP are, I think we would like to see some more specialised production ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... China's underlying problem which is the slowing economy - are not helped by its on-going trade stoush with Trump. Yet hope has sprung! It appears that the Chinese government has now borrowed a leaf from its adversary in the form of tax cuts. China's ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Amid the major banks lowering their lending participation rates, Qualitas sees a boom in the private debt real estate segment over the medium term. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz said private ...