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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... one of the hottest areas when it comes to disclosure and the Actuaries Institute has renewed a debate that targets the country's key policy makers. Boal says the Institute reviewed the MySuper dashboard structure and found it technically unsound with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... month last year as export shipments dropped by 11.4% over the past 12 months while imports grew by 15.4%. However, the country's National Accounts indicate that the economy could be becoming less reliant on external trade. Despite the widening trade ...

Managed accounts to disrupt fund businesses to the tune of $60bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... Stanley Research. In an extensive 75-page broker research on managed accounts, Morgan Stanley singled out five of the country's leading wealth managers, namely AMP, BT Financial Group (part of Westpac), IOOF, Magellan Financial Group and Perpetual. While ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... from minus 7.7 in July. Japan leading economic indicator A little bit of sunshine in Japan. The final estimate of the country's leading index increased to a better than expected reading of 99.2 in June from 98.4 in the previous month. Not only this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings were: Estimated resident population increased ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... making. But we have targeted them very clearly at those who sit at the top end of the income and the wealth system in the country." Fairfax Media has reported Morrison is considering lifting the $500,000 cap to $750,000.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... market was faring oh so good, before the Brexit vote that is. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the country's unemployment rate stood at 4.9% in the April to June period, unchanged from the first quarter and sharply lower than the ...

Antipodes LIC aims to raise $200m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... managed fund, the Antipodes Global Fund, which has delivered 7.4% net return in its first year, outperforming the MSCI All Country World Net Index (-0.6%). It also ranked second out of a pool of 54 global equity funds in the June 2016 Morningstar Australian ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner in the product innovation ...