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MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The latest Rainmaker Information report indicates several bank-owned MySuper products are increasing their position in the highly competitive superannuation marketplace, especially through lifecycle funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for investors, and green bonds especially have opened avenues to impact investments for fixed income investors. According to Moody's Investors Service, in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... orders surged by 4.8% in the month of October, beating market expectations for a 1.5% gain and followed a stronger September - upwardly revised from -0.1% to 0.4%. Year-on-year, growth in orders quickened to 2.1% in October from 1.6% in the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
US existing home sales Are American homebuyers front-running the expected increase in the fed funds rate next month? Existing home sales jumped by 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 5.6 million units in October. This is the highest level ...

Super assets up despite contributions dip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Total assets in superannuation have grown 7.4% in the last 12 months, despite total contributions dipping 1.5%. According to APRA's Quarterly Superannuation Performance report, at the close of the September 2016 quarter assets totaled $2.1 trillion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... the following three-month period. Not now when domestic spending remains weak - retail sales down 1.9% in the year to September - and so is external trade. Latest data show Japan posting a ¥496.2 billion surplus in October, down from 497.6 billion in ...