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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australia housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
UniSuper has called out its active management investment strategies during a tumultuous financial year that included several highs and lows in the process of attempting to deliver substantial member returns. The $52 billion superannuation fund said ...

Defined benefit deficit at $182bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
Total defined benefit (DB) super liabilities across Australia stood at $340 billion, according to APRA figures. But this amount is backed by only $158 billion in net assets - amounting to a deficit of $182 billion. The announcement by the Queensland ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Australian dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that total dwelling units approved dropped by 5.2% in the month of May, worse than market expectations for a 3.3% fall and more than reversing April's 3.3% ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Overall risk sales at the major insurers have fallen 5.9% over the 12 months to end of 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% ...

Super funds on track to post positive return this year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
The average default option for workplace super has returned an estimated 2.5% in the 2015/16 financial year, according to the analysis by Rainmaker. The headline performance number for the SelectingSuper Default Option Index includes a forecast drop ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Seventy-one cents in every dollar invested in the ASX200 belongs to companies demonstrating "leading" standards when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

ETF survey offers chance to win $300 MYER voucher

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Advisers and other intermediaries can win a $300 MYER gift voucher by completing the first annual Financial Standard Best Practice Exchange Traded Funds Forum survey. The survey is designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs are impacting ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Further exits from the European Union pose the biggest risk to global markets after the Brexit referendum, according to industry commentators. Following UK voters' decision to leave the European Union on July 24, political figures from Greece, Spain ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Just like almost all other equity markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by ...