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Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... quarter, not strong enough to fully compensate for the 0.9% decline in the previous quarter. The quarterly change in the trend estimates show persistent moderation in growth from 1.1% in the June 2017 quarter to 0.2% in March. G. Government spending ...

HESTA revamps executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
HESTA made a raft of changes to its senior leadership, with appointments from QSuper, Kinetic Super and Frontier Advisors. HESTA has added three new faces to its leadership team, including the appointment of former QSuper chief of member support and ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The SMSF sector, which has traditionally shied from growth assets, underperformed default MySuper investment strategies by 1.2 percentage points in the 12 months to April 2018. The average SMSF returned 6.6% before fees and tax, while the average default ...

Global fund manager creates executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... condition them not to be timed to the market - and that's a big if," he said. The CFM IS Trends Trust uses long-term trend following as a strategy. The concept itself is not new and it forms the basis of many managed future and CTA strategies available ...

Netwealth boosts class action involvement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... policies and procedures. It is also in response to the significantly increased number of class actions that are now around, a trend which Heine said Netwealth anticipates will continue. "Due to the increasing number of class actions now existing we wanted ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
A global investment manager with more than $484 billion in assets under management has added its global natural resources strategy to Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform. Janus Henderson's global natural resources strategy is now available on ...

Macquarie expands healthcare investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Macquarie Capital, the principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, is expanding its global team with a dedicated lead for healthcare services coverage in the Americas. Joining Macquarie Capital from UBS as a managing director is Robert "Bo" Crowell. ...

Chief economist update: Building approvals on a slowing trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... month. The volatility of the monthly figures - seasonally adjusted as they are - renders an analysis of the true state and trend in the housing market useless. This year alone, total dwelling approvals surged by 18.3% in the month of January, dropped ...

Aussie retail crypto fund flags broker partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... security token exchange, a crypto mining company and an algorithmic trading desk. "Security token offerings are the next mega-trend in the crypto blockchain space. This specific exchange will allow for the flow of capital between crypto and traditional ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... aggregate spending patterns across the ages of entering retirement were surprisingly volatile year on year. While the overall trend in spending was down - particularly after the first 10 years of active retirement - individual households varied. This ...