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Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... percentage point upgrade from its January 2021 forecasts - "reflecting the higher-than-expected growth outturns in the second half of the year for most regions after lockdowns were eased and as economies adapted to new ways of working". The IMF's ...

State Street the largest institutional manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... under management sourced through other managers, superannuation funds and non-super investment vehicles in Australia. The second largest was Vanguard with $165.2 billion. State Street's continued dominance in institutional FUM contrasts with its ...

FASEA offers exam feedback

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... sittings of the exam is 89%. The latest results show the lowest pass rate yet. This exam also saw less advisers having their second attempt be successful. FASEA reported that 46% of those having their second attempt at the exam in January passed, compared ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... exposing their father's fraud both passed away in the years following his arrest. Mark Madoff died by suicide on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. Andrew Madoff died while undergoing treatment for cancer in 2014. The unravelling ...

ETP demand soars, unlisted unit trusts retract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... total assets under management in the region grew 34% to US$46.1 billion, boosted by the stock market's rally in the second half of 2020. Japan is the largest strategic-beta ETP market in the region with $37.3 billion (US$28.4bn) in AUM, growing 24% ...

ATO quizzed on readiness for stapling

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
The Australian Taxation Office yesterday couldn't answer exactly how many stapling-triggered employer checks it expects, but maintained its readiness for a July 1 go-live. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee yesterday, ATO ...

Mercer calls for delay to super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... strategy they're putting in place," Boyfield said. In its submission, Mercer also recommended the introduction of a second test, saying it was concerned some funds may fail the test if they have taken certain decisions in the interests of members ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... preliminary estimate improved only marginally from February's final reading of 48.2. The manufacturing sector expanded for a second month to a flash reading of 52.0 in March from 51.4 in the previous month but the services PMI remained in contraction ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... (ATO) reported that the number of employees availing of JobKeeper dropped by 57.2% in the December 2020 quarter from the second and third quarters of last year. If correct, Australia's virtuous cycle would keep on turning. For not only is the strong ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
Investment bonds are the second-most effective investment solution after superannuation, and a good alternative to Wills, according to Generation Life senior distribution manager Laura Salsbury. Speaking at Financial Standard 's first Technical ...