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Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... retirement." According to numbers, Australia has the third-highest total pension assets compared to the gross domestic product (131%), trailing Netherlands (180%) and the US (150%). We also score high on the Melbourne Mercer index (B+), the same as Netherlands ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... has grown at a solid pace so far this year. The value of goods and services produced in the economy - or gross domestic product--rose at a moderate annual rate of 2 percent in the first quarter after adjusting for inflation. However, the latest data ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... quarter? Nobody really knows ". To wit: "A detailed review by CNBC of 30 years of the government's gross domestic product data, the most followed measure of US growth, suggests a longstanding problem of under-reporting Q1 expansion." "Over some time ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... December 2017. However, the impressive-sounding $25 billion package may fall short in contributing to the gross domestic product, according to UBS. "Non-Financial Public Sector net capital investment averages only $8bn per year in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... Farmers' Federation' (NFF), "The agricultural sector, at farm-gate, contributes 3% to Australia's total gross domestic product (GDP). The gross value of Australian farm production in 2016-17 was $60 billion" and ABARES data show agriculture accounts ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... that is at least $20 billion; (2) a material current account surplus is one that is at least 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP); (3) persistent, one-sided intervention occurs when net purchases of foreign currency are conducted repeatedly and ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... Innovative China, Beautiful China" strategy. The first component, Mio explained, involves "increasing the gross domestic product per capita of the country, which will in turn result in more disposable income and consumption upgrades - from staples to ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Australia sat in fourth place with US$1.92 trillion or $2.44 trillion - assets which surpass the nation's gross domestic product at 138.4%, the report said.

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... Australia sat in fourth place with US$1.92 trillion or $2.44 trillion - assets which surpass the nation's gross domestic product at 138.4%, the report said. Willis Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin said while the overall short-term ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... September 2016 from $2.3 trillion to $2.5 trillion in total superannuation assets. That's more than Australia's Gross Domestic Product (around USD$1.2 trillion) or the total market capitalisation of all the stocks listed on the ASX. Total assets in MySuper ...