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Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... on the near-term growth profile. There was evidence that uncertainties surrounding trade were affecting business." The problem is that the growth slowdown appears to be gaining momentum. After growing at a quarterly rate of 0.7% in each of the four quarters ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
The new professional standards imposed on financial advisers should be rolled out across the entire financial services sector. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union which said a process of professionalisation should extend to other occupations ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The global equities boutique has added a former Platinum Asset Management analyst to its team, and is hiring for other roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
America's Thanksgiving celebration is only two winks away but the way the US equity market is going, investors have nothing to give thanks for. Three of Wall Street's benchmark equity indices are now in the red for the year - S&P 500 down 1.2% ...

Government allows domestic violence victims early super access

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Domestic violence victims will get early access to their superannuation. Delivering the Women's Economic Security Statement at the National Press Club today, Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations and Minister for Women, Kelly O'Dwyer announced ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... inflation and voila, we get the 3% neutral rate. But what if it's lower or higher than 3%? Then, Houston, we have a problem. Clarida and Powell's statements wouldn't mean nothing (yeah, I know double negative, but I've always wanted to ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... things - the first of which is liquidity. The absence of liquidity in the defensive part of portfolios poses a "serious problem" for investors. "Secondly, investors can't afford to give away returns to fees or bid-ask spreads in what is already a ...

Pension lessons from around the world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
Despite modelling much of its operations on the Australian superannuation system, the UK's National Employment Savings Trust opted against "politically unacceptable" compulsion and is proving all the better for it. Addressing delegates at the 2018 ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... differ from what drives house prices. It takes time to buy and sell property. In normal property markets, this isn't a problem because there are lots of buyers and sellers. In extreme market events this can take a long time." Longo said outing these ...