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Sunsuper chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... transformed Sunsuper's scale and capability and steered the organisation through an intense period of growth to become the fastest-growing top-10 superannuation fund in Australia," he said. Hartley stepped into the role in late 2013, when Sunsuper ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... year to the March 2019 quarter after peaking at 2.8% in the September 2017 quarter. While HICP inflation jumped to its fastest rate in five months to 1.7% in April, it's down from the 2.3% rate recorded in October last year and had been below the ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... turn, encourages greater consumption. Meanwhile, personal spending jumped by 0.9% in the month of March which was the fastest monthly rate of increase since nine and half years (August 2009). Sure, there are signs of slowing. Both the ISM manufacturing ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
BetaShares announced it will launch a new ETF to give investors access to companies in one of the fastest growing economies in the world via the ASX. The BetaShares India Quality ETF will invest directly in a diversified portfolio of high quality Indian ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... accelerated to 8.7% in the year to March from 8.2% in the previous month - above market expectations for a 8.4% gain and the fastest rate since September 2018. Annual growth in industrial production sped up to 8.5% in March - the biggest increase since ...

Female fintechs make better investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... way in fostering a more diverse eco-system - the will is definitely there. We know women-led businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments of entrepreneurship and all sides of the eco-system, from incubators to investors, have a role to play in ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... tobacco - jumped to 1.2% from 0.8% in the year the March. This is higher than expectations for acceleration to 1% and the fastest rate in six months. One swallow does not a spring make but two swallows? These would certainly give the European Central ...

Rush of advisers sign up before FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... AMP is in second place with $111 billion for 16.2% followed by CFS with 15.7%, MLC with 12% and Macquarie with 11%. The fastest growing platform products were NAB-owned Plum Retirement Income, AMP-owned MyNorth and the IOOF-owned Pursuit Focus Allocation ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... earlier), up from 6.1% in the first two months of the year. Industrial production soared by 8.5% in the year to March - the fastest rate since July 2014 -- after rising by 5.3% each in the previous two months Retail sales increased by 8.7% in the year ...

Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... becoming clearer every year is the disparity between the best and worst performers in relation to membership growth, with the fastest growing funds in Australia increasing membership due to one or a number of mergers," the report reads. From 1 January ...