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Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... November. Not good tidings for an economy that's already losing momentum. Not only has Eurozone GDP growth slowed to 1.6% in the third quarter of last year - the fourth straight quarter of slowdown - but forward indicators suggest more weakness. Markit ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... includes having a matrix that identifies the skills and experience of each director. "At least every three years, an external third party should be engaged to evaluate the board's performance and capability against the skills matrix, with a copy ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... strengthen, and inflation near the Committee's objective". No problems here. US GDP expanded by 3.0% in the year to the third quarter of 2018, up from 2.9% in the previous quarter and the fastest growth rate since the September quarter of 2009 (3.2%). ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... systems engineering from Monash. He runs a team of 100 technology professionals, spread across permanent, contractual and third-party professionals who are deployed for projects. The ACORD award comes on the back of MetLife's re-release of its e-claims ...

WestConnex among largest infrastructure deals in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... ($22.5bn) topped the largest deals. SCANA Corporation ($21bn), an energy-based holding company located in the US, came in third place. Over the course of 2018, 2454 infrastructure deals were made totalling US$322 billion, with renewable energy increasingly ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... roles have been or will be hired locally. Dublin, Luxembourg, Frankfurt and Paris are the most popular locations. About one-third (30%) of the firms monitored confirmed at least one location in Europe they are moving, considering moving, or adding staff ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... exposures, the research also hinted at institutions shifting the focus of the strategies within their equities portfolios, with a third of institutions looking to increase allocations to alpha-seeking strategies. More than a quarter of institutions will ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... superannuation trustees, including the provision of advice, fee-for-no-service, disclosure benefits and inducements, and third party service providers. The document - released in August last year - also revealed ASIC will establish a dedicated superannuation ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... July and September 2018. More than half (57%) of the incidents were caused by malicious or criminal attack, and about a third (37%) resulted from human error. A recent report from Deloitte highlights why super funds are particularly vulnerable to cyber ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
The final quarter of calendar year 2018 started in horrible fashion for Australia's superannuation funds as about $22 billion was wiped from MySuper returns since January. However, some funds were able to manage the downside well. Recording this ...