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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 ...

SuperConcepts and DomaCom align

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
SuperConcepts' low-cost SMSF administration service iSaver is adding DomaCom's property fund to its platform. The partnership makes it easier for SMSF trustees and their advisers to access property investments. The fractional nature of the DomaCom fund ...

Former Sentinel adviser slapped with ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a financial adviser and former authorised representation of Sentinel Private Wealth from providing financial services for five years. Stephen Beckton, who was a representative of Sentinel from September 2013 to October 2015, was banned ...

Life insurance revenues down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
The total assets held by life insurers has dropped 23.2% over the past twelve months, as demonstrated by APRA's latest life insurance performance statistics. APRA's report for the September quarter shows total assets fell from $293.5 billion to $225.5 ...

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The top three performing exchange-traded products dedicated to Australian equities over the past year were smart beta strategies, a new Rainmaker report shows. Rainmaker's ETP Report for the September quarter shows a wide range of outcomes in the past ...