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Super reform impacts AMP results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AMP attributed increased net cash outflows in its first quarter results to Australians readying themselves for incoming superannuation reforms. The institution recorded an 11% increase in wealth management inflows year on year to $6.4 billion, but was ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... conjunction with buyback tenders, will be maintained for the remainder of 2016-17 and into 2017-18. For investors looking for extra-long dated bonds beyond 10 years, the AOFM said syndicated tap issues of existing long-dated bond lines are also planned ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... to millions of Australians, are concerned that changes that reduce retirement savings of future retirees, will only add extra pressure on the age pension," De Gori said. Likewise, De Gori said the $300,000 non-concessional super contribution incentive ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... housing investors. In aggregate terms this translates to, over the next four years, personal income receipts bringing an extra $137 billion, corporate tax receipts expanding $79 billion, and the GST and other indirect taxes expanding $32 billion each ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... (MYEFO)2016-17, the government lowered its real GDP prediction to 2.75% for FY2017/18 from 3% forecasts in May last year. The forecast extra growth would allow the government to spend extra. But as the RBA's SoMP revealed, risks to growth remains. These ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Ho-hum. The Fed met and adjourned their 2-3 May FOMC meeting and it was a non-event, announcing no change in policy as Janet Yellen and her merry men see no change in their forecasts. "The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance ...

SG non-payment is an 'easy fix': ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... estimates unpaid super costs workers about $24,000 by retirement and is putting pressure on the government to shell out an extra $100 million in the Age Pension each year. Unpaid super is an easy fix for the government, ISA public affairs director Matt ...

BetaShares launches small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... investors seeking exposure through passive vehicles have been poorly served as these indices have historically not provided extra return for the added risk. "As the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index contains many unprofitable, speculative and illiquid stocks ...

Banks can offer fintech an olive branch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial technology upstarts promise to reinvent financial services, yet large institutions are accused of hindering progress. In an email blast to thousands of customers last year, Commonwealth Bank warned the use of certain fintech services could ...

Countplus chair steps down after 11 years

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
The founder and chair of Countplus is retiring today and his successor is stepping up to the plate. Barry Lambert, who established and chaired the ASX-listed wealth management firm as a subsidiary of the now CBA-owned Count Financial in 2006, said his ...