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Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018

... oil prices, as well as strong growth in emerging markets such as China, it said. Other notable activity in the sector saw Russia's Reserve Fund cease operations at the start of 2018 after its government decided to spend the fund's capital to cover budget ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 16 APR 2018

... was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend Syria (and indirectly Syria's sponsor Russia), while at the same time waging war at home with the FBI, his own party and his executive team. Just when we thought Trump has ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018

... reports, "Growth slowed in the euro area, China, Japan, India and Australia, but improved in the US, the UK, Brazil and Russia". Yes, America still remains on top. Growth continues to improve in the US manufacturing sector. Trump still has a strong bargaining ...

Australia ticks boxes for ultra-high-net-worth individuals

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018

... (+31%), Asia (+37%) and Europe (+10%) experienced the strongest UHNWIs growth. Latin America and the Caribbean (-22%), and Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (-37%), reported a dwindling UHNWI population.

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018

... greater than three Fed rate hikes this year and the prospect of a global trade war sparked by Trump's 25/10 tariff threat is Russia's improving fortunes. To be sure, the numerous sanctions imposed on Moscow by "the West" starting in 2014 as "punishment" ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018

... goes by, the world economies have just gotten better. There's hardly a single economy in the world today, except maybe Russia, which is in any kind of recession," Baur said. The US will likely experience 3% to 3.5% growth boosted by the tax reform package ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018

... risky and extremely speculative," the report said. The US originated the highest volume of ICOs of US$1bn, followed by Russia and China each raising US$300m; Australia raised about $34m. The research also found the ICO network is congested as traders ...

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017

It's a crying shame the alleged "collusion" between Trump's campaign and Russia came out when it did - about the same time as POTUS appears to be within grasps of tucking his first legislative win under his belt. Oh yes, this refers to the long-promised ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017

... an embryonic defined contribution scheme. Making another historical comparison, McFarlane cited the inability of Tsarist Russia to anticipate the October Revolution, ultimately suggesting that "the age of all-accumulation in investment is over, and that ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017

Australia's school education performance against global benchmarks in mathematics, reading and science may be falling but their financial literacy performance is strongly above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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