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Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... assets under management. Under his leadership the strategy grew to nearly US$50 billion. Jain stood down from the role in March and is now chair and CIO - as well as majority shareholder - of newly created long-only equity firm, GQG Partners. He will ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... slightly missed market expectations for a 0.3% increase in April, growing by 0.2% over the month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for over 60% of GDP - the latest figures provide no ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... market expectations for a 0.4% gain. This takes the year-on-year growth rate in total credit up to 6.7% in April from 6.4% in March. Growth in credit to businesses quickened in April, rising by 0.8% over the month from 0.3% in March. Housing credit growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... manufacturing index had only fallen into contraction territory from October 2015 to February this year, jumped to 51.8 in March before slowing again to 50.8 in April. Markit's US PMI readings have stayed above the expansion line over the same period. ...

Banned SMSF adviser charged for misappropriating $1.8m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... using them for the purposes of a property purchase. Nowak was also banned from providing financial services by ASIC back in March 2015 after the collapse of the Charterhill Group. The regulator found that Nowak was an undischarged bankrupt. At the same ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... the previous month. While hiring continues to grow - employment growth quickened to 2.1% in the year to April from 2.0% in March - the jobs make up is less flattering with part-time employment accounting for all of the increase over the past two months ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... Total average weekly earnings growth - including bonuses -- in the United Kingdom quickened to an annual rate of 2.0% in March from 1.9% in February and beating market expectations for a slowdown to 1.7%. However, the UK wage picture tells a different ...

Competitive forces driving US pension fees down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... participants pay for funds fell from 0.77% in 2000 to 0.54% in 2014, according to mutual fund industry trade group ICI. In March, Vanguard chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb told Financial Standard that US companies' fiduciary responsibility to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... prices, the annual inflation rate remains below Fed target. Headline inflation was up 1.1% in the year to April from 0.9% in March. Also besides, the Fed does not target headline inflation. Core inflation (headline less food and less energy) increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... month's 0.3% fall and expectations for a 0.9% increase. Retail spending (ex-autos) increased by 0.8% following a 0.4% gain in March and growth in sales (ex-gas and autos) quickened to 0.6% in April from 0.2% in the previous month. The University of Michigan ...