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Imminent launch for start-up super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A start-up superannuation fund underpinned by a managed account solution will officially launch this spring. Tomorrow Super promises to be the "smarter alternative" to traditional retail, industry and self-managed superannuation funds, according to ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... current extremely low levels of short- and long-term interest rates for an extended period of time, at least through around spring 2020". However, faced with the same global challenges and the lingering uncertainty that is Brexit, external monetary policy ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Latest APRA life insurance stats show the life insurance industry turned a $536 million net profit after tax in the first three months of 2019 after a loss-making December quarter, but full-year results are still bleak. The industry reported a net profit ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
Green shoots are appearing in the Eurozone just in time for spring. Eurostat reports its preliminary estimates show the single-currency region's GDP increased by 0.4% in the March 2019 quarter - better than market expectations for a 0.3% gain - ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
"Spring is the time of plans and projects." - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. So it is with China. Recent economic indicators have turned up in time for spring. China deserves to be congratulated. It's watered and fertilised the economy with enough ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
"I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright." This quote from American screenwriter and novelist Millard Kaufman came to mind when I read about China's recent ...

Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... However, there are opportunities afoot for the ASX-listed business, including an entry into funds management. Addressing the Spring Financial Group annual general meeting in Sydney this morning, managing director Keith Cullen said 2017 changes to superannuation ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... corporate debt to step in, Schwartz said, adding that in three to five years' time investors could see a new asset class spring forth. Schwartz noted the trust offers a significant addition to the listed investment landscape in Australia, and will provide ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Pengana's listed investment company posted solid profits for the financial year, springing back from last year's losses of $23 million. Pengana International Equities (PIA) raked in a total investment income of $40 million, up 260% over the ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities If I didn't know better, I would say that ...