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ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... retirement at an early age. "This paper adopts a set-and-forget view of class and income inequality. Proposals to fix the Budget by substantially cutting back on super entitlements and then giving a relatively few older, low income, retired women in ...

MGP partners with fintech for adviser solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) has partnered with an Australian fintech to offer money management solutions to advice practices using its platform. The partnership with Moneysoft will provide advisers working with MGP's platform preferential pricing ...

O'Dwyer proposes TRIS changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... tool," he said. The proposals are part of the Government's superannuation taxation reform package announced in last year's Budget. Submissions are open until February 23.

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... enticing, more so given expensive valuations. And then there's Trump's tax cuts - expected to add US$1.3% trillion to the budget deficit over 10 years - also putting upward pressure on bond yields. These are perfectly rational rationales behind the previous ...

MGP flags global search for COO and head of product

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... commenced." He added: "A number of significant milestones, both operationally and commercially, have been achieved on time and on budget. In addition, efficiencies identified are better than expected and we aim to continue that trend as integration continues." ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... tend to be implemented in a passive investment context. Even when dynamic, factor investing is generally based on risk budget management rather than active views of returns, the researchers said. "When evaluating their control of dynamic factor investing ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... funds being raised, we expect 2018 to continue to see strong activity in start-up funding," she added. In its 2018-19 pre-budget submission, the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL), and the Institute of Public Accountants ...

Two FSC senior policy managers depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... for their major contributions to the FSC and our members and wish them well in their future careers." In its 2018-19 pre-budget submission, the FSC warned the Federal Government to prepare for the impact of the changing nature of employment, which will ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Parents forked out $1.1 billion over the summer school holidays, leaving many without a budget financially stressed, a new survey shows. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found children tend to ask parents for money eight times more compared to regular ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... said earlier Wednesday that it would pay more than 200,000 U.S. employees $1,000 each and increase its capital spending budget by $1 billion. Wells Fargo, meanwhile, also said it would be boosting its minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour, which ...