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Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... spending. The GfK/KPMG consumer confidence index jumped to a reading of 7 in June from 1 in May with all of the index's sub-components improving over the month. According to GfK/KPMG, "June's six-point jump takes the Overall Index Score back to levels ...

Equipsuper members anxious about retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Research recently commissioned by Equipsuper shows why education and advice are vital components to any superannuation fund as members become more anxious about their retirement. Equipsuper's 2015 annual member survey, conducted by CoreData, suggests ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... on the 12th, why shouldn't we be anything but optimistic. Happier still are the indications provided by report's sub-components: consumer expectations over the next 12 months surged by 9.2% and expectations five year from now spiking by 20.2%; and, unemployment ...

Women outperforming all men boardrooms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... directly from gender diversity and our analysis of it. The Index itself consists of currently 63 companies that are components of the ASX200 index and have at least 25% of board positions filled by women." The index already includes major banks such ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... allocate to the asset class unless investors are seeking the illiquidity premium it offers. In their research paper, 'The Components of Private Equity Performance: Implications for Portfolio Choice', Windham's Mark Kritzman and State Street's William ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... services data, both for January. Mr McCarthy said that data was likely to influence the market at large. "One of the components missing from GDP yesterday was consumption," he said. "It was a contributor to that weak reading, so any signs that retail ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... quantitative-based investment skills that too often take the fore in discussions about qualifications and education. Unless ethical components are inextricably woven through the academic component - it's no more protective of the profession than any ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... capital allocation policies, with an emphasis of cash dividends, share buy-backs and debt reduction. These are the key components of sustainable shareholder yield," he said. "The strategy has been running for over six years, and during this time it has ...

Who will buy NAB Asset Servicing?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... foreign exchange constituents of the business. Some in the industry have suggested that, without those two lucrative components, even half a billion would be too expensive. State Street declined to comment on these rumours, while BNP Paribas denied they ...

More super changes inevitable: EY report

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... overwhelming agree that change is needed to rebalance pension and retirement systems. The report identifies five key components that will aid in ensuring financial adequacy, financial sustainability, performance, efficiency and effectiveness and political ...