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Aberdeen Standard expands in mainland China

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments announced it secured a licence to operate in the Chinese market via its subsidiary Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai). The licence granted by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) will enable the firm to manufacture ...

SMSFs continue rise

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Self-managed superannuation funds are on the rise according to figures released by the Australian Taxation Office. The 2017 Statistical Report reveals the total number of SMSFs in operation has increased to almost 600,000 with 23,508 accounts added ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... lift. All good, except... the latest data only took the year-on-year growth in retail sales up to 1.8% from 1.4% in September - both of which remains the slowest since June 2013, and still not strong enough to reverse the trend decline in the annual ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
The Federal Government has been forced to pull its controversial superannuation bills for the year after losing the support of key crossbench senators. The bills were reintroduced in September and, among several policies, attempt to strengthen APRA's ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
There's no denying that growth in most major economies stepped up in the third quarter of this year but if current indications are on the ball, the fourth quarter will be better. Year-on-year GDP growth rates in the US, the Eurozone, Japan, the UK and ...

Meat industry fund welcomes new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
AMIST Super appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of James Thomas. The meat industry super fund has promoted its head of investments and head of governance Murray Rutherford to the dual role of chief executive and chief investment ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
"You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't. I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." This was then RBA governor Glenn Stevens' statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

Former Fidante-aligned boutique targeted by UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
A former Fidante Partners-aligned boutique and a $94 billion BNY Mellon subsidiary are two of four asset managers accused of breaching UK competition laws. In what is the first case to see the UK's Financial Conduct Authority exercise its competition ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
There wasn't really anything earth-shattering in US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining ...

Energy Super launches group insurance platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
Energy Super is rolling out MLC Life Insurance's new group insurance platform to give members greater control and access to life insurance needs. LifeView, a platform aiming to integrate how members engage with life their insurance cover, offers a one-stop-shop ...