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Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... slowed growth overall, 51% of sovereign funds experienced an increase in assets over the last 12 months, with only 29% recording falls compared to 36% last year. Preqin manager of premium publications and editor of the report, Selina Sy, said sovereign ...

ANZ trials voice biometrics

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... fingerprints. "The technology is now so advanced that it can tell the difference between identical twins or even a voice recording," Dalton said. "People are becoming more comfortable with using their voice to do basic commands on their devices, so we ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... overseas economies" is perhaps, more on the pessimistic side. The Ministry of Finance released data showing the country recording a ¥813.4 billion trade surplus in February, up from a ¥1,086.9 billion deficit in the previous month and a ¥235.5 billion ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... assets performed far worse than those with more. Highlighting this, ISA cited funds with less than $50,000 in assets recording negative returns of 16.9% and fund with more than $2 million achieving returns of 7.7%. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony ...

HUB24 the fastest growing platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... The platform's quarterly business update showed a $1.8 billion (75%) surge in funds under administration over 2016, recording growth of $475 million in the second quarter of FY17. It now has retail funds under administration of $4.15 billion and the ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... increased for the fourth straight month to a solid 54.4 reading in December with six of the seven sub-activity indices recording improvement. The AiG performance of services index surged to 57.7 in December - the highest level since May 2007 - from 51.1 ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... September quarter, up 18.7% in the past 12 months to $270.6 billion. NAB/MLC reported the largest year on year inflows, recording 156.4% growth, followed by DFA Australia (84.3%), State Street (66%), BlackRock (65.2%) and CBA/CFS (41%). Macquarie saw ...

Goldman Sachs fined $120m for rate rigging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Goldman Sachs will pay a $120 million penalty for attempting to rig global benchmarks for interest rate products. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that, between January 2007 and March 2012, traders in New York - including the head of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... and is the fastest monthly growth rate since August 2014. Year-on-year, retail sales expanded by 2.4% in October after recording growth of just 1.0% in the year to September. Expectations were for a 1.7% pick up. UK industrial production UK industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... while those for multi-unit dwellings dropped by 9.2%. Total new home sales fell by 4.9% in the year to October after recording a 0.7% rise in the previous month. Australia building approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on ...