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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
Centenarians our fastest growing age group In the US the number of people making it to 100 years of age is growing so rapidly that by 2050 it is estimated there could be as many as 1 million centenarians, up 100% on current numbers. In Japan the number ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... annum, on average. Gold bullion, without any intellectual interference at all, achieved nearly 8%." ABC Bullion chief economist, Jordan Eliseo, said gold has had its ups and downs but "it is going to play a vital role in investor portfolios for the next ...

Super platform goes for gold

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... given gold's recent market performance and precious metals reportedly entering a new bull market. ABC Bullion chief economist Jordan Eliseo said clients who have been looking for a simple and transparent way to invest in a diversified fund with a meaningful ...

BTIM appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... Australia and managing director at AXA Investment Management New Zealand. He held several other roles at AXA, including economist, investment strategist and chief economist. Commenting on the appointment, BTIM group chief executive and managing director ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
China's GDP to grow 56% by 2021 Total world GDP is estimated to be A$99 trillion this year, according to the Statistics Times news service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15% ...

Brexit won't impact Australia greatly: Treasurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... international efforts to strengthen financial stability and address risks. Separately, Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur said so far there have been no disasters from the UK referendum vote to exit the EU, even though they were ...

PIMCO names new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
PIMCO has named its new chief executive officer and at the same time appointed a portfolio manager and a US economist. Emmanuel (Manny) Roman will commence the role on 1 November, with current PIMCO chief executive Douglas Hodge to assume a new role ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership. Lawson ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... Australia and the world are first viewed by Stephen Anthony through one lens - the national interest. It is the chief economist's view that whatever is in the national interest is generally going to be in the interest of about five million superannuation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... falling by 3.0% in April - but "multi-unit" sales rebounded by 4.9% last month after slumping by 10.7% in April. HIA chief economist Harley Dale noted in the report that, "There is nothing alarming to a reversal in the trend for new home sales. There ...