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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
China's GDP to grow 56% by 2021 Total world GDP is estimated to be A$99 trillion this year, according to the Statistics Times news service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15% ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
NZ to require home buyers to have 40% deposit In response to surging New Zealand property prices, NZ banks have tightened the screws on buyers by decreasing the maximum loan-to-valuation ratios. Industry regulations require buyers to have 30% deposit ...

Independent body will make new standards simpler: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The establishment of an independent standards body will make the professional standards transition clearer and easier to comply with, according the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori. Speaking at the Sydney FPA roadshow ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
A born leader, Deanne Stewart, chief executive of MetLife Australia, has both a love of numbers and desire to help others, two things that have driven her commitment to creating change in the financial services industry. Stewart says she has always ...

Fund assets surge while market shrinks: FSC/Morningstar

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Assets held in Australian funds have almost doubled since 2005 even though the amount of active funds is steadily decreasing, according to new research by the Financial Services Council and Morningstar. The new FSC/Morningstar report, released during ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Members who have changed jobs since joining Equip have for the first time ranked trust ahead of investment returns as the reason for sticking with the fund. In Equip's 2016 member survey conducted by CoreData, just over a third of these 730 members ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ streamline trade deal Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves climb to $70bn Australia's holdings of foreign reserves climbed 4% during 2015-16 to $70 billion, reports the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reserves held as foreign currency remained steady on 84% while holdings of gold increased ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership. Lawson ...

No progress on super wealth gap in 12 years

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The gap in superannuation balances between the rich and the poor and also between men and women has shown little sign of narrowing in the last 12 years, according to the latest annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. ...