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Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019

... poverty and global income could fall by as much as $1.4 trillion." But both these reports have already been telegraphed by the OECD and the WTO. In its 'Interim Economic Outlook' report published on September 19, the OECD lowered its world economic ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019

... population, which is why our retirement age is set to increase to 67 in 2023." "Along with Denmark, we are the first of a number of OECD countries to take this step - the United States and Spain are next in 2027." However, Natixis managing director for ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019

... the UN Summit this week, Macquarie's plans include delivering around 4GW of its renewable energy project pipeline in non-OECD emerging market countries, overcoming historically weaker climate finance flows in those nations. Many of the projects are set ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019

... OECD's interim projections still forecast 6.1% growth for the Chinese economy this year. Next year is the problem where the OECD expects China's economy to grow by only 5.7% (downgraded from 6% in its May forecast). The continued deterioration ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019

... retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement income, even after allowing for inflation, which is well above OECD levels. Superannuation leaders panned Grattan's SG recommendation, which it published as a part of a November 2018 report ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019

... to implementing even greater accommodation (if needed). The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) latest downgrade to world economic growth underscores the advanced country central banks' seeming impotence at turning ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019

... risks to their equity portfolios given the current market volatility. Net of fees, the European version has outperformed its OECD CPI + 5% benchmark since inception in May 2016 by 4.8% per annum. Whitehelm said the fund typically aimed for core infrastructure ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019

... said the geographical location of its investments would be dictated by the investors but IFM would continue to invest in OECD countries. It is not yet looking for opportunities in India, which needs a US $1 trillion investment in its infrastructure ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG | MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019

... return of 10.8 % p.a over three years. According to RARE, this performance exceeds the fund's performance benchmark, the G7 OECD Inflation index +5.5%, by 3.4% p.a. RARE portfolio manager Shane Hurst said: "The investment objective of the Income Fund ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019

... expressed support to mobilise additional resources for development. The G20 statement said: "We support the implementation of the OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles for Unlocking Commercial Finance for the SDGs. "We welcome the role of the Leading Group ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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