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Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... women are among the best in Australia. "Having women in your super fund's senior leadership is one of the best indicators you've chosen a smart, well-run fund that is highly likely to be successful," he said. According to APRA, 35% of trustees ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... revitalising activity soon, the Australian labour market would continue to weaken. This is supported by several leading indicators. The ABS reports itself showing monthly hours worked fell by 8.1 million hours over the month. Employers would ask workers ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... reduction will result in a realignment in the total cost of ownership of STW, which we believe is one of the primary indicators ETF investors should look at, along with liquidity profile and the quality of the tracking index. "With STW included as one ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... beginning of next year, to a deep free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union". "The most recent indicators suggest that global growth has stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening ...

Westpac facing new class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... carry out appropriate due diligence on transactions in South East Asia and the Philippines that had known financial indicators relating to child exploitation risks," Rosen Law alleges. Westpac confirmed the class action had been filed and noted that ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... I didn't get it either. Is it positive on Japan's prospects or... To be fair, a look at Japan's latest indicators also shows conflicting signals. On the positive side, the Nikkei-225 index continues to rally. It gained 18.2% in 2019 and by ...

New Year, new APRA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... areas it needs to work on next year. APRA has released its 2018/19 self-assessment report to review its key performance indicators (KPIs) set out within the Government's Regulator Performance Framework. The prudential regulator identified three areas ...

More MySuper accounts close than open: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... regulators need to assess these measures carefully, particularly if they intend to use these as de facto fund sustainability indicators," he said. Part of the ambiguity is how we refer to superannuation accounts, which aren't specifically the number ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... reversal in the slowing growth momentum in the Chinese economy. Having said that, fresh updates on China's activity indicators reveal that, net-net, the Chinese economy appears to be stabilising. Growth in retail sales accelerated 8.0% in the year ...

ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... companies but that both types of companies can outperform peer companies." The report found that when creating composite indicators using ESG and quality factors, it can be combined to exhibit more positive return characteristics than either factor could ...