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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... above 50 - rising to a 52.0 reading in April from 46.5 in March. UK labour market The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom remained steady at 5.1% in the January quarter, unchanged from the previous two quarters. With the jobless rate remaining at ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... fall of US$107.9 billion. UK Halifax house price index Halifax's latest report showed that house prices in the United Kingdom went up to £214,811 -- a new record high - in March, a 2.6% increase from the previous month, taking the year-on-year growth ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... its services in overseas jurisdictions including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom and mainland Europe. Its principal activities are the investigation, funding and management of litigation claims. IMF Bentham ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
While fears of deflation continue to haunt Japan and the Eurozone, no-flation the United Kingdom, low-flation China, the latest update on Australian consumer prices shows that inflation here is under control. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to an ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... for its MyAuto Super fund was largely put down to a sale of Moto Hospitality, a chain of service stations in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile Canadian pension funds have flagged their interest in Australian infrastructure.

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... we should think about," she said. J.P. Morgan Asset Management managing director and chief market strategist for United Kingdom and Europe, Stephanie Flanders, told the keynote session there are several views of the future investment landscape and any ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... socialising about pensions in the pub with positive results. "Our first experiment was using people from Gogglebox in the United Kingdom," Jenkins said. "We got a couple from the show to start talking to people in the pub about pensions - nobody from ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... members, including the investment manager position taken up by Sandra Carlisle from Newton Investment Management (United Kingdom). PRI celebrates its 10th anniversary next year. The election process was administered by an independent external provider ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
A research paper by actuarial associations in Australia, the United States and United Kingdom criticises governments for tinkering with pension measures that may further confuse those nearing and in retirement. The paper, 'The challenge of longevity ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... low yield levels. But these stocks won't do so well when rates go up." The age of divergence With the US and the United Kingdom ready to raise rates and the Eurozone and Japan still undertaking quantitative easing policies, volatility is set to increase ...