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For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted an optimistic picture of the global and domestic economies when it held its policy meeting last month (6 November) before concluding that "...the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The ups and downs in US equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Rice Warner is warning against a departure from value or volume-based advice fees. The researcher is concerned a potential move to fee for service - where fees are expressed entirely in dollars and not as a percentage of assets - will lead to reduced ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In a way, you know, I know, the world knows already about the case of the slowdown in global growth. The Organisations for Economic Development and Cooperation's (OECD) recently-released the OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook report ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Australian companies paid about $820 million less in dividends in the third quarter than the corresponding period from 2017 as dividend growth at local banks flat lined. ASX-listed companies paid out US$24.5 billion ($33.5bn) to shareholders in quarter ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) recently raised $1.8 billion to fund the NSW Government's first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 ...

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
October's volatility wiped out $1.4 billion from Australian exchange-traded products but investors continued to pour in record-levels of new money, according to VanEck. The ETP industry was $41.9 billion strong at September end but October's volatility ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...