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Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... gonna make America great again! Depending on which poll you look at, one or the other is in the lead. However, the majority of polls give Clinton the win. But didn't the polls predict "Bremain" not "Brexit" not too long ago. But didn't the polls predict ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... public debt, and a track record of inflation targeting and fiscal discipline than in the late 1990s and 2000s, the majority of EMD managers are underweight this segment, providing substantial scope for alpha. Osses believes the bias toward EMD hard currency ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... the European Union." Brexit cannot proceed without approval from Parliament. Is this a case of "over-democracy"? The majority of the people voted for Brexit but they could be overruled by their elected representatives - the parliamentarians. According ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... Asia Pacific. The data shows a steady increase in the number of impact investments over the last five years, with the majority of FY15 investment transactions comprising debt finance to social enterprises, with green bonds issued by major Australian ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... and according to Morrison, "will make the superannuation system fairer, more flexible and more sustainable." "The majority of Australians - 96% of individuals with superannuation - will either be better off or unaffected as a result of these changes. ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... actively opposed to a royal commission and people who neither support nor oppose a royal commission constitute the majority of those polled, at around 40% of the sample. "People don't believe a royal commission is the right way to go when they understand ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... requirements. For different reasons, self-employed workers are in the same boat, as their income tends to fluctuate, with the majority of wealth being accumulated in later years. As a result, Slattery observed, the proposed reduced cap on concessional ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Conference in Canberra, out-going president Deborah Kent said: "This process shows us that the AFA has the support of the majority of its members through this challenging and difficult time."

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... would have been adopted without the body playing its role. "This process shows us that the AFA has the support of the majority of its members through this challenging and difficult time," said out-going AFA president Deborah Kent. AFA chief executive ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The majority of active Australian fund managers underperformed their relevant indices in FY16, according to the Mid-Year 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. The research, issued bi-annually, tracks about 1000 ...