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Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

PM Capital global fund returns $50.3m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
ASX-listed investment company PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund has reported a profit after tax of $50.3 million in its first full financial year result. Operating profit before tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $71.5 million and earnings per ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented key risk/life insurance advice reforms that were inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' ...

Global finance, resources key to diversification

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Australian institutional investors are encouraged to diversify by seeking low valuations in finance and resources overseas. Portfolio manager of US-based firm Barrow Hanley, David Hodges, noted that "for every company in the front page there is another ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Boutique fund manager Tempo Asset Management is turning its global smart beta strategy away from the United States and Canada and finding growth in Europe and Asia. Tempo principal Joe Bracken told Financial Standard that the Tempo Global Equity Fund ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian businesses are underperforming in use of digital technologies and could be missing out on a $34.5 billion opportunity, according to Accenture research. Australia ranks eight out of the 17 leading economies measured on the Accenture Digital ...

Investment professionals depressed over future employment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
Australian investment professionals are among the most pessimistic in the world when it comes to expectations of future employment, with nearly a quarter saying that the situation is getting worse, the CFA Institute found. The 2015 Global Market Sentiment ...