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Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... News after Trump and Republican congressional leaders rolled out their tax plan this week predicted it will widen the budget gap over the next 10 years." US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argues that the additional economic growth (ergo, more government ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... formula - estimations of what the official cash rate should be given the RBA's assumptions for the neutral cash rate, the output gap and inflation deviation from target - shows the cash rate should be at 2.125% by 2018. The interest rate hike camp is ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... in the CPI is likely to continue on an uptrend and increase toward 2%, mainly on the back of an improvement in the output gap and a rise in medium-to long-term inflation expectations." This, so far, had been and remains the educated hope to this day. ...

More clarity needed in key person risk management: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... people, with disruptors like artificial intelligence reshaping the modern business environment. The paper aims to highlight the gap in knowledge of long-term investors and provide companies with practical means of better communicating the issues of strategic ...

Intervention from trustees can address unpaid super: IFS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Early intervention from superannuation fund trustees is critical to addressing the unpaid super gap according to Industry Fund Services. The service provider has called out employers for underpaying Australian workers $17.1 billion in compulsory super ...

Asset managers need more tech leaders in C-suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
The asset management industry must do more to have technologists in executive positions and leverage their skills to use technology strategically, rather than see it as a cost centre or an operational function. Research from financial technology company ...

SQM rolls out low-cost adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... profile." "This has been a significant missing piece when advisers write a Statement of Advice (SOA). SQM will overcome this gap," he said.

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
The sheer breadth of technological change in the insurance industry is "dazzling" and will make the industry unrecognisable in years to come, a PwC expert said. In a blog published yesterday, digital experience centre lead partner Nick Spooner highlighted ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... inflation rate of unemployment) - as estimated by the OECD - indicates that wages should have been growing after the unemployment gap vanished (unemployment rate less NAIRU) in June last year and that wages should be growing at around 3.5% per annum ...

VicSuper launches digital advice free from super speak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... It's a great starting point for people who want to know how they're tracking and what they might need to do to bridge the gap but don't have the time or feel the need to commit to a face-to-face advice appointment," Dundon said. The product also enables ...