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Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
The research house has taken umbrage at the public commentary of several influential players over superannuation's eternal policy debate. In a post on its website on Friday, Rice Warner noted the continuous tinkering with the super industry had ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Latest figures from ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR) paint a telling picture of the state of Australia's financial advice sector, with close to 3000 advisers dropping out of the industry since February. According to Rainmaker analysis, the official ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
Perpetual is willing to break away from its value investing heritage as it looks for new investment managers to add to its lineup. Perpetual Investments, which brings almost half of the company's operating profits, reported a 29% slump in its profits ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's in the Hole - the annual Jackson Hole symposium, that is. Out of or deeper into the (Jackson) hole? Powell's all too aware that he has to mind his Ps and Qs because his every word would be sliced ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The well-known fund manager is back with two Aussie equities strategies totaling $3 billion in capacity at his new boutique, after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
While closing the salary sacrifice loophole is important, the bigger issue that needs to be addressed is that of unpaid super, according to Industry Super Australia. That was the main point in the body's submission to Schedule 7 of the Treasury Laws ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
The average net wealth gap between men and women has almost halved in the last 12 years, according to the latest Roy Morgan Wealth Report. Statistics from the report show the average net wealth for women today sits at 89% that of men - $400,000, to ...