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Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... wealth management products are difficult to use and what we are really trying to do is figure out what is the right direction to simplify a managed fund," he said. In came the Spaceship Voyager app, which lets users see their investments and their funds' ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... that Trump's recent change of tone with regards to America's bilateral trade with China is a step in the right direction that thaws trade tensions not only with Beijing but with most of the US' trading partners... and what is good for China ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... of Practice, the industry voiced strong support. Every respondent said launching the code marked a step in the right direction - but they also acknowledged that it needs more work. When it comes to the dynamics between life insurance and the financial ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... marked its 17th month of expansion in January - show that the Japanese economy is well and truly headed in the right direction, except for inflation that is. While headline CPI inflation quickened to a 34-month high of 1.3% in the year to January, the ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... the same in his Sydney outing while at the same time offering forward guidance: "With the economy moving in the right direction, and interest rates still quite low, it is likely that the next move in interest rates in Australia will be up, not down." ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... Australia's big banks is a major problem and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
No news, it appears, is good news for Japan. The country's stock market and the yen have been heading in the right direction ever since the nuclear threat tit-for-tat between the US and North Korea was taken off the headlines. The Nikkei-225 index has ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... previous three-month period but better than market expectations for a 0.1% decline. While certainly a move in the right direction, it would be premature to speculate about a BOJ exit. Recall that the BOJ was also looking at a Tankan reading of plus 12 ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Growth and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction. Preliminary estimates show that the region's GDP expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, quicker than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... inflation rate to 1.5% from 1.3% third quarter and 1.0% in the second quarter. Inflation might be heading in the right direction - away from deflation - but it remains below even the low end of the RBA's 2% -3% target range. Even the core measures of ...