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Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... comparison tool for best practices in public, fiscal and retirement policy in 43 nations around the world. Dominated by northern Europe the top 10 countries for retirement outcome are: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, New Zealand, Sweden, Australia, Germany ...

PIMCO names new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
PIMCO has named its new chief executive officer and at the same time appointed a portfolio manager and a US economist. Emmanuel (Manny) Roman will commence the role on 1 November, with current PIMCO chief executive Douglas Hodge to assume a new role ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves climb to $70bn Australia's holdings of foreign reserves climbed 4% during 2015-16 to $70 billion, reports the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reserves held as foreign currency remained steady on 84% while holdings of gold increased ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... future innovations." AP4 intends to benchmark its regional equity portfolios against MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Indexes in Europe, Emerging Markets, North America and Pacific. The equity portfolio in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) will track the MSCI Low Carbon ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... treaty, whether there is a second Scottish referendum, and whether the rising support for populist parties in post-Brexit Europe will create further divisions. While the research said immediate negative economic effects could be mitigated by policy response ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
The global head of Bloomberg Asset and Investment Manager believes Australian investors are seeking both new and non-traditional asset classes as a priority to generate income and alpha increases. Recently appointed Bloomberg AIM global head Steve Ioannou ...

Sponsored adviser survey: two chances to win $500 prize

... serve your clients? This is part of a global piece of research that will compare advisers in Australia with advisers in Europe, the US and Asia. To participate in this survey click here.

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... UniSuper has consistently had a high weighting to technology, "and it continues to pay off." It is sceptical about views on Europe and Japan, suggesting companies in those markets are "cheap for a reason and could stay that way for some time." On the ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... telecommunications and utilities. Regions included in the model are developed Americas, developed Asia-Pacific, developed Europe, emerging Americas, emerging Asia-Pacific, emerging Europe and emerging Middle-East. Finally, the currency factors are the ...