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Super fund to reduce admin costs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... platform. The decision follows a competitive tender process and the new partnership will take effect from the start of November 2019. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar said the partnership with Tech Mahindra is part of a long-term strategy. She believes ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... all China A large cap stocks from 5% to 10%, and will further increase its exposure in 5% increments over August and November. FTSE Russell completed the first phase of its inclusion in June in which 5.5% of its emerging market index comprised China ...

Antares portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index during the trailing three, five, and 10-year periods up to the end of November 2018, Morningstar analyst Andrew Miles said. He used short-selling, opportunistic trading and enhanced long positions alongside ...

Asset manager reshuffles board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... non-executive director. The move follows the recent return of chief executive officer Nicholas Bolton, who left the firm in November 2015 after corporate regulator ASIC ordered his ousting. ASIC's order expired while Bolton had been appealing the ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... services PMI is heading closer towards contraction. As such, expectations are growing that the BOE willcut interest rates by November this year.

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it reached on the 1 November 2007. It closed at 6,800.86 points at the end of yesterday's trading - up by 20.9% and outperforming both developed equity ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... because wages have not kept pace with CPI, he told a recent media briefing. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 was passed in 29 November 2018 and came into force on 1 January 2019, aiming to stamp out practices that include providing substandard working conditions ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... indications from the Markit/CBA composite PMI reading - up from 51.5 in May to 53.1 in June - the strongest expansion since November last year -- with gains in both services (PMI at 53.3 from 51.5) and manufacturing activity (PMI at 51.7 from 51). According ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... 52.1 in June, according to the preliminary 'flash' estimate, up from 51.8 in May to reach its highest since last November. The reading puts growth in the second quarter up slightly on that seen in the first quarter, yet still the second-lowest ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... step into a new role at Parametric, he'll become global head of research and development for Parametric at the start of November.