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Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... doing it tough and it remains to be seen when the weight will lift, with Ferguson saying most "are just keeping their heads above water". For some, McCallum fears, the combined forces of change will prove too much, saying: "Where we're headed to is the ...

Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Value's Diversified High Yield Fund, which launched on August 1, aims to provide investors with a return of 4% per annum above the RBA official cash rate. The fund typically allocates to cash, fixed income-type securities, and trusts investing in ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... and governance. "Some of the companies at the bottom of the rankings right now are Lithium stocks." Another new addition above Tribeca is the CC Sage Capital Absolute Return Fund, which is benchmarked to the cash rate and has the ability to go up to ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... July 30, before Trump ramped up his tariff war with China (on August 1) and before all the other uncertainties mentioned above (and then some) escalated and blew a strong tailwind into the Japanese yen's sails. So much so, that since the BOJ's ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... retirement. Yet so much industry activity is focused on stopping positive changes, on regulation or Canberra. Or all of the above." Finally, he put a spotlight on the impact of super on capital formation - saying super is "on the way to dominate the ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... the UK's economic fundamentals has ignited BOE rate cut speculations. But with the Bank Rate at 0.75% -- just 50 bps above its record low of 0.25% -- and QE still in place, it's not the liquidity and the cost of borrowing that's the UK's ...

Pengana adds fee class for global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... investors the option to invest in the strategy with a lower management fee of 0.65% with a 15% performance fee for returns above the benchmark MSCI All Country World Index. The fund has underperformed the MSCI All Country World Index in AUD by 0.38% ...

Financial services boom rolls on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
The financial services industry continues to be the largest contributor to economic growth and pays employees above-average wages, according to a new report. Data compiled by the Financial Services Council in its 2019 State of the Industry report shows ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... with the goal of the Paris Agreement to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase from global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial level. The resolution requests Suncorp's disclosures on fossil fuels be published annually in annual reports. ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... high-income workers - including politicians opposed to an increase to the SG - are beneficiaries of super contributions at or above 12%. "What is good enough for them should be good enough for the women of Australia," Goodwin added. The issue was brought ...