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Climate change to impact financial systems

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... markets." Risks include destabilisation by both "direct climate change impacts" and falling demand for carbon exports. The analysis also highlights "fiscal risk from unfunded public contingent liabilities arising from the effects of climate change" and ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... confusing "two parts" -- "Reforms For The Completion Of The Current Program and Beyond" and "Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis" - appended in the plebiscite question. Surveys of the Greeks on the streets show that some understood the question ...

ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... statistician and policy modeller specialising in retirement incomes and population ageing. He has overseen quantitative analysis of Commonwealth social and economic policies since 1975. At ISA he will concentrate on the adequacy, fairness and cost-effectiveness ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Quarterly Infrastructure Asset Index is one of MSCI's newer indices, having been established in 2009. According to the MSCI's analysis of the index's performance, it expects investment in the asset class to grow considerably over time. "The International ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... said. It said China may have to rely increasingly on productivity gains to sustain elevated rates of growth. "If this analysis is correct, reforms enhancing productivity and labour participation would have an advantage over efforts targeted at boosting ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... is only 5%. But if ETF mentions are above 20%, then there's a 95% chance that volatility will increase, according to analysis by StockTwits.

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... million lower than the "high case" $894 million valuation estimated by AustralianSuper's own portfolio during a 6-month analysis. Documents released by the Future Fund when it lodged its defence to the Supreme Court of Victoria revealed that the sovereign ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to be rising, even as GDP growth and income slow, the latest analysis paper 'A look at rising household debt in Australia and the implications for policy' said. Portfolio manager Aaditya Thakur ...

Boutique managers consistently outperform: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... points and 589 basis points, respectively, on an average annual basis after fees as compared to their primary indices. The analysis looked at data from more than 1,200 investment management firms and nearly 5,000 institutional equity strategies comprising ...