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Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Christmas doesn't come everyday. No siree! Still, the performance of the US equities market - as measured by the S&P 500 index - this year to date had been up 2 to 1 (up 10 weeks, down 5 weeks) for an overall handsome sum of 10.1%. But naysayers ...

Challenger to change annuity pricing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... spreads force it to change annuity pricing. The life business, which includes annuities and other products such as Challenger Index Plus, saw $1.37 billion of net inflows from $2.4 billion of sales in the three months to March. Challenger sold $1.57 ...

Value managers fight back: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... Currie and Perennial, are value strategies invested across the energy, financial and materials sectors, helping drive the index upwards. Head of portfolio management for Mercer in the Pacific Ronan McCabe commented the latest findings show the recovery ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... government's debt levels soared 420% over the last 25 years, shifting Australia up two notches on the rankings of an index to 13 th place. According to the inaugural Janus Henderson's Sovereign Debt Index, the federal government slipped further ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... effects (blot clots). The rally in copper prices has also been driven by the US dollar's depreciation. The US dollar index (versus major currencies) has now fallen by 11.4% from the 17-year high it recorded in March last year - which, itself, suggests ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... labour market renaissance - suggests further improvement in business conditions and optimism. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's ...

UniSuper tops MySuper league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... performers were: Hostplus balanced (8.8% p.a.), Cbus MySuper (8.6% p.a.) and UniSuper balanced (8.6%). "The Rainmaker MySuper Index returned 6.1% for the 12 months ending February 2021, the highest one-year return since February 2020. It was February ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... in conditions and confidence going forward. No worries too for the Australian consumer. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... indices rose to three-year high readings of 59.9 and 58.7, respectively in March, while its performance of construction index reached an all-time high of 61.8 in the same month. Wait there's more. While Australia's international trade surplus ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... issuers with their transition. The fund will select corporate bonds from the Bloomberg Barclays Euro Aggregate Corporate index and is refined using negative screening and ensure the issuers have a goal to reduce their carbon footprint. The strategy has ...