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Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... impacting operations and the supply chain. Asia is particularly vulnerable since five out of six people occupying the highest climate risk zones globally live there, the report said. For example, China leads the world in terms of coastal risk with 145 ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... and financial market agents continue to "hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see." The yen rose to its highest level since November 2016 and the yield on 10-year JGBs doubled (to 0.06% from 0.03%) in early March after financial markets ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... by 3 points to a reading of +21 last month. This is more than four times the index's historical average of +5 and the highest reading since NAB started its monthly survey back in March 1997. According to the NAB report, "Strength appears broad-based ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... this. Those saying "jobs are plentiful rose to a reading of 39.40 in February (from 37.20 in the previous month) - the highest reading in 17 years -- while those finding "jobs hard to get" dropped to 14.70 in February (from 16.30) - the lowest reading ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... raising professionalism in the investment management industry, and the CFA Program lays a solid foundation by instilling the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence in candidates worldwide," CFA Institute chief executive Paul ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... led by women achieved investment returns of more than double the global index return. Super funds in Australia with the highest W-index scores in the Rainmaker study were HESTA, Care Super, AvSuper, VicSuper, REI Super, Club Plus Super, MTAA Super, Commonwealth ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... significant increase on the US$439 million paid out in 2016. According to Munich RE, 2017 saw costs climb to the second highest in insurance history, with an increased volume of natural disasters costing about US$330 billion. In its most recent sustainability ...

2018: The year of scaled advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... of members reporting positively. This was an increase of 3.9 percentage points over a 12 month period. QSuper had the highest satisfaction with 70%, followed by Cbus (67.4%), Unisuper (66.4%), First State Super (64.6%) and HESTA (62.3%).

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... attract strong capital flows as low bond yields have kept spreads attractive," it said. The office market achieved the highest return of 13.4% per annum, driven by cyclically high growth in the major markets of Sydney and Melbourne. MSCI executive director ...

Advisers cautious over fixed income allocations

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... be careful about getting out of equities too soon. He said late cycle can be an opportune time to attract some of the highest returns. "Last year there was 5% sell-off in the market but the market (ASX 200 index) was up 7% on price returns only," Craig ...