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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... A$ appreciated 2.7% against the US$." Compared with the previous year, total funds under management grew by 6.8% in the third quarter following a 3.5% increase in the second quarter. Japan manufacturing PMI Although it remained in expansion territory ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... public discussion remains focused on divestment and the research found that exclusions are ever more frequently used - with a third of funds (17 funds) having in place 'whole of fund' exclusions, with tobacco being the most common - yet this is often ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Australia construction work done This will be a drag. A drag on Australian third quarter GDP that is. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the value of total construction work done fell by 4.9% in the September quarter following a ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... governance. The minister is looking at reintroducing a bill to parliament which would require super fund boards to have one-third independent directors and an independent chair. "It seems that this [Fraser] review has disappeared into a black hole. My ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... super fund governance in Fairfax Media today. She suggests reintroducing a bill that will require super funds to have one-third independent directors. "The key ingredient that has led to the success of the industry super model has been this culture and ...

Mercer chooses new super insurance partner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... last month from minus 0.09 in September. Thailand GDP Thailand's economy eased to a quarterly growth rate of 0.6% in the third quarter from 0.7% in the June quarter - the slowest growth rate since the June quarter of last year and lower than market expectations ...

HSBC expands private wealth business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... comes with HSBC's anticipation that Australia's high new worth (HNW) population will grow 17.8% to 2020. Australia has the third largest population of HNW individuals in Asia Pacific with about 29,500 households holding a net worth of more than $10 million ...

Life insurance satisfaction declines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... insurers with 78.1%, up 10.6% points from last year. Second is Insuranceline with 73.8%, down 5.3% point over the last year and third is Allianz with 73.2%, down five percentage points. AMP ranked lowest for satisfaction with 66.1% and was just behind ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... strategies that best suits the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Prior to setting up GII, Gunesekera was Head of Third Party Sales at Principal Global Investors. He has also worked in sales and business development for fund managers Merrill Lynch ...