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Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... rates should be at 1.0%. The two rate cuts camp has it! New York Fed President John Williams revealed that the current fed funds rate, "puts us right at neutral." The same thing Financial Standard published a week earlier, The Fed has hit neutral. Thanks ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... low loan-to-value ratio, better customer experience and partnered distribution with financial advisers and superannuation funds, he explained. In terms of adviser revenue, Funder said this depends on how long the advice is in place. It's important to ...

Super fund investment chief departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... Edwards thanked Lundy for his services over the last eight years. "The bringing together of multi-billion-dollar investment funds over the last number of years has been a complex process and I thank Dr Lundy for his dedicated stewardship of our member's ...

30% Club expands target

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... towards building gender diverse boards. Roberts said it would continue to work with investment managers and superannuation funds to focus on achieving diversity across the boards of ASX300 companies. "Large super funds and fund managers are leading the ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
Australian market neutral funds returned a disappointing -3.2% last year on average but the style still remains an important portfolio diversifier, according to Zenith head of equities Quan Nguyen. The -3.2% after fee returns are roughly in line with ...

Why this HNW adviser avoids hedge funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... adviser is aiming to have 7-10% of his clients' portfolios in alternatives as the markets mature but he's eschewing hedge funds and picking private assets instead. Charlie Viola is a partner at Pitcher Partners where he advises on more than half of the ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Self-managed superannuation funds renewed their focus on blue chip stocks amid market uncertainty in the second half of 2018, the latest CommSec SMSF trading trends report shows. The sector had been cooling to the top stocks for some time. Almost 40% ...

Aussie fund manager opens New York office

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... manager is ramping up its US expansion with the hire of a local expert and flagging further executive appointments. Bennelong Funds Management's new subsidiary BennBridge US will distribute a number of its existing investment funds to institutional ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... (affluent clients); and accumulators aged 35-49. Outside of property, the most popular form of gearing is in shares and funds. "Despite many advisers recognising the benefits of gearing, enthusiasm for products such as margin lending has declined," Carver ...