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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... of 5.9% for automotive fuel follows three consecutive quarterly falls, with the rise driven by increases in unleaded, premium and ethanol fuels, as world oil prices increased from a 12-year low last quarter. Peterson Institute's fiscal warning to Australia ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... Investors not needing instant liquidity or unencumbered by mark-to-market pressures could benefit from the current higher premium for 'illiquidity risk'."

ThinkSmart to de-list from ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... August 2015. "We look forward to welcoming Henderson to ThinkSmart's share register and believe Henderson's investment at a premium to current market prices is a vote of confidence in ThinkSmart's future, including the Carphone Warehouse contract that ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... from the Bank of England and the ECB, European equities will face a de-rating in equity multiples due to the higher risk premium caused by the above uncertainties. J.P. Morgan said it was therefore likely that the European market would underperform the ...

ClearView adds annuities to wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Challenger and CommInsure annuities have been added to ClearView Wealth's wrap platform. Selected annuities from both providers have been available to advisers using the platfom from 1 July. Changes driven by feedback from advisers have also been made ...

Folkestone buys first asset for senior living fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... an outstanding example of the next generation of retirement living communities which offers quality accommodation and premium facilities and services to an ageing population. Stage 1 of Watermark Castle Cove won the Urban Development Institute of Australia's ...

Macquarie partners to acquire real estate sales platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Onthehouse chair Tony Scotton said: "We are pleased to have agreed to recommend a transaction that offers a significant premium to shareholders of Onthehouse. "The consortium's proposal, if implemented, provides shareholders with an immediate and significant ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Super said at a time when super fund insurance premiums are mostly rising, it is pleased to be bucking the trend. The premium reduction came in to effect 1 July 2016, and follows a 4% reduction this time last year. The fund's chairman, Anthony Glossop ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... March owing to significant falls in group risk sales. The latest figures from Plan For Life show even though overall risk premium inflows for March were up 6.2%, a 16.7% fall in group risk sales leaves the majors down for the 12-month period. Risk market ...

AMP Capital urges voters to keep China fund open ahead of EGM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... that some of the reasons for the AGF trading at a discount to its NAV are the volatility in the China A-share market, the premium valuation of individual China A-shares relative to their China H-share listing, and "timing and taxation issues." As explained ...