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Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Unless a positive shock emerges over the next few months, expect the RBA to continue lowering interest rates and the Morrison government to increase fiscal spending (but only after it's achieved having the Budget surplus immortalised on paper). ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Jeff Chapman, whose net worth is pegged at more than $800mn, speaks to Financial Standard about his family office investments including Bennelong Funds Management, and generosity. What were your goals in setting up your family office? Jeff Chapman ...

Trillionaires around the corner: study

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
The world is only six years away from welcoming its first trillionaire, according to a new study that looked at the private wealth of the world's richest denizens. Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos is on the way to becoming the first ...

AustralianSuper rules out SMSF options

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... route. "No, we have found that people are closing down SMSFs and transferring that money into [the fund]. We had a billion dollar of net inflows from SMSFs last year," AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk said at the sidelines of an ETF conference ...

SMSFs not for everybody: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... assets. In a feature on SMSFs in Financial Standard earlier this year, industry experts debated the appropriateness of a dollar figure determining the suitability of an SMSF. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said the dollar figure made sense ...

Poor market conditions weigh on Perpetual, Pendal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... the Westpac book and European and UK OEIC funds, despite receiving an over $1 billion boost from the weaker Australian dollar. The loss for Perpetual marks the wealth managers 10th consecutive quarter of net outflows and FUM is now at its lowest since ...

One in three chance of global recession: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... portfolios conservatively, retaining a preference for duration, particularly in the US, Australia, and Canada, and the US dollar. "We maintain a neutral view on equities, preferring exposure to credit and emerging market bonds," Aviva said. "This is ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... the Fed could be panicking. QE or not QE, the Fed's latest move should help steepen the yield curve, weaken the US dollar and support the equity markets as it had done in the past.

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
The Commonwealth Bank's lucrative but controversial Dollarmites program could get the axe, with ASIC seeking the public's view of school banking programs as part of its ongoing review of their use and impact in primary schools. School banking programs ...