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Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has just gotten one up on me? Nah Virginia, me don't want to "kill Bill", we economists may not see eye to eye but we stick together. More so that Bill's come around to my ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
A global asset manager has won a mandate to invest $100 million in ASX-listed equities for Zurich Group's Australian investment management arm. DWS will invest in a passively-managed portfolio of Australian stocks for Zurich Investment Management. Zurich's ...

Spousal top ups to beat super balance inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
An industry association has used its pre-Budget submission to call for the introduction of a spousal rollover measure to help bridge the gender gap in superannuation balances. The SMSF Association said allowing individuals to rollover a portion of their ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has amended the SIS Act and some of its superannuation bills to include recommendations made in the Royal Commission's final report. Superannuation fund trustees are set to be banned from treating employers in efforts to be ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Centuria Life is launching a new suite of products, anticipating a resurgent popularity in investment bonds. Centuria LifeGoals will comprise 22 professionally managed fund options, including sector, diversified and index funds. Asset classes covered ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
The sovereign wealth fund returned 5.8% in the year ending 31 December 2018, beating the median balanced superannuation fund return by a wide margin. The median balanced superannuation fund returned 0.6% in the year to 31 December and even the top quarter ...

NAB wealth exit delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
The bank's separation from MLC is likely to be delayed. NAB said it was likely the planned divestment of its wealth management arm MLC would be delayed as far as June 2020. The bank said that while more detail was yet to arrive about the proposed legislative ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

Link sells a slice of $1.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
Link Group is selling a part of a business it acquired for $1.5 billion in 2017, with the proceeds going to pay down debt. The ASX-listed company has entered a binding agreement to sell its corporate and private clients (CPCS) business to Apex Group ...

Most clients coping with financial stress: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Financial advisers are helping clients manage financial stress and keep it at minimal levels, Financial Standard 's latest survey shows. Financial advisers canvassed in our latest straw poll said most of their clients fall into either the moderately ...