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Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Speculators speculating on the US Federal Reserve's next monetary policy movement should pay close attention to the Beige Book Report. The "book" isn't made up of figures and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. ...

New manager raising $30m for crypto fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A new investment manager launched by tech veterans is seeking to raise $30 million for one of Australia's first funds dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrency investments. Anti Hero Capital, whose managing partners also founded tech agency M5859, are ...

Westpac paid out $200m annually in conflicted remuneration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... has provided or Westpac advisers have received about $222,000 in banned conflicted remuneration since 1 July 2013. This figure comprises $24,844 in payments received under a brokerage referral arrangement, approximately $64,745 in percentage-based adviser ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Self-managed super funds' home bias dragged returns for the sector in the 12 months to February, latest SuperGuard 360 research shows. According to the SG360 SMSF Reference Index, SMSFs generated a 5.5% return (before fees and tax) - well below the ...

Blue Sky falls short of disclosure expectations

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... our analysis, we estimate that Blue Sky's real fee earning AUM is at most $1.5 billion, 63% less than Blue Sky's reported figure," Glaucus said. Glacus added Blue Sky "compensates for its overstated AUM by charging clients egregious management fees ...

Industry fund adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a new board director. Vision Super welcomed Australian Services Union executive president Lisa Darmanian in March, bringing the number of women on its board to four. "Lisa brings valuable experience ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... our analysis, we estimate that Blue Sky's real fee earning AUM is at most $1.5 billion, 63% less than Blue Sky's reported figure." The group added Blue Sky "compensates for its overstated AUM by charging clients egregious management fees, which can reach ...

How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
NAB has put a dollar figure on the magic number Australians think they need to "significantly improve their lives forever." The average Australian believes they need $828,000 - up 9% over last year - to turn around their life financially. However, the ...

US hedge fund slams Blue Sky

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... our analysis, we estimate that Blue Sky's real fee earning AUM is at most $1.5 billion, 63% less than Blue Sky's reported figure," Glaucus said. Glacus added Blue Sky "compensates for its overstated AUM by charging clients egregious management fees ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... 35.4% of US consumers expect stock prices to increase over the next 12 months, down from 40.1% in the previous month. This figure is the lowest proportion of respondents since November 2016 (30.9%). We were all witnesses (many of us winners) to Wall ...