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Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... confidentialised items, up $152m" and "industrial transport equipment n.e.s., up $150m (19%)". What's more concerning is that the ABS' trend estimates show exports have been continuously weakening since the 4% growth recorded in October 2016 to 2.0% ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... encouraging, the index is still far from its historical high recorded in December 2013. "It is encouraging to see that the downward trend of the last few years appears to have been arrested; in saying this, there is no doubt that many advisers perceive ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... for a 0.3% gain and making the 0.4% increase in the previous month more of an outlier instead of the start of a stronger trend. Yup, one swallow does not a spring make but the year-on-year growth in retail spending also slowed to 2.7% in the year to ...

AMP Capital launches global equity fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Investment manager AMP Capital is kicking off its new global equities range with the launch of a long-term global equity fund. The AMP Capital Global Equity Fund will focus on absolute risk and return, not benchmarks, and invest in a concentrated portfolio ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... reflected "strong increase in annual energy and unprocessed food price inflation, with no signs yet of convincing upward trend in underlying inflation". Latest inflation data out of Germany and Spain indicates that even headline inflation overall might ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
After an extensive review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's ...

Advisers to consult on ASIC's behalf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
ASIC has formed a committee comprising practicing financial advisers in a bid to improve the advice industry's engagement with the regulator. The Financial Advisers Consultative Committee (FACC) will complement ASIC's existing engagement with the industry ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees have high growth expectations for the next 12 months yet more than 50% have moved to more defensive asset allocations amid continuing market volatility, the latest statistics from AMP Capital show. AMP Capital's ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, according to a new report. If the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced to use superannuation to discharge outstanding mortgages, seeing more people ...