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Northern Trust partners for private equity blockchain

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... system provides real-time transparency to fund managers, investors and regulators. Northern Trust noted that there has been little innovation in regards to private equity administration recently, despite this being a time when "investors are seeking ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... Stephen Anthony said the findings are "the hidden story of self-managed super funds," saying the perception that there is little difference in performance between APRA-regulated funds and SMSFs is false. "A self-managed super fund with less than $2 million ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... advised are more likely to feel they've fully achieved their retirement goals. This is despite those not yet retired showing little difference in their view as to whether they're on track to meet those goals or not. "This tells us that advice makes a ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... for a 0.4% gain. Low wages growth (and expectations of lower prices in the future) equals weak consumer spending equals little possibility that companies would be able to raise prices at the shops equals continued low inflation/deflation which, in turn ...

Little pay, little spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Data updates on Japan have been a mixture of good and bad in recent times. The latest stats on wages belong to the not so good ones, particularly with respect to the Bank of Japan's goal of reviving inflation in the economy. Average monthly cash earnings ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... quite and low and expects it to be low for some time. On housing, although the RBA noted that borrowing has picked up a little and leverage is increasing, it is encouraged by stricter lending standards and lenders' cautious attitude to lending in certain ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... currently be on track for a comfortable retirement are very close," CBA executive general manager advice Linda Elkins said. "A little bit of planning could see them reach the comfortable level." For millennials, the outlook is far less rosy, who will ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... between three and 3.5% on treasury bonds. And the signal for US rates to the next step upward will be the rising rates and a little more inflation in Japan and central banks," Baur explained. Baur warned that this is transition from economic mess to ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

A world of distrust: Edelman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... global chair Kathryn Beiser said. "It has done a masterful job of illustrating the benefits of innovation but has done little to discuss the impact those advances will have on people's jobs. Its leaders must step up on the issues that matter for society," ...