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Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... 4.3% in food prices and slower price rises (1.7% in Feb from 2.3% in Jan) in transport and communication. Fortunately, economists expect February's slow inflation rate to be the low point this year. If accurate, this would help to prevent further erosion ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... less than $2 million in assets is not a viable retirement vehicle due to poor performance. Analysing the data, ISA economists found that the average net return for an SMSF in 2015 was 6.2%, compared to 8.8% for an APRA-regulated fund; 7.8% for retail ...

J.P. Morgan bullish on several asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... productivity growth, according to J.P. Morgan chief economist Sally Auld. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney and Melbourne last week, Auld said she expects the global economy to grow at 2.9% in 2017 - a modest uptick ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... art of investment management itself has become more complicated in the past decade. At the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney and Melbourne, State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson, described ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur at the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. Baur told attendees there are currently four fading trends which had a detrimental impact on the global ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney that investors need to think beyond immediate geopolitical and macroeconomic risk, and take advantage of ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Anderson said the 7% target could usually be met back in 2006 with an 8.1% standard deviation via a 60/40 ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... managers. Eslake says there are many questions hanging over Australia's economy and the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, guided by an impressive lineup of local and international speakers, will contemplate all the potential economic impacts ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum is once again set to unveil the thoughts and forecasts from some of the top economic minds in Australia and the globe. Held at The Westin Sydney on 31 January and Grand Hyatt Melbourne on 2 February ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... growth accelerated to 2.9% in the year to December - the highest in the current cycle - from 2.5% in the previous month. Economists think that the magic figure when this starts flowing through into inflation is 3%.