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Super FUM up 10pct to $2.3tn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Superannuation savings climbed 10% in 2016-17 to reach $2.3 trillion, with performance income accounting for almost all the flows, according to figures released by APRA this week. Within segments, not-for-profit (NFP) funds climbed 12% to $983 billion ...

Trustee Partners names Australian GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Following an executive search, Sargon Capital consulting group Trustee Partners has named a financial services industry veteran as the general manager for its Australian business. Andrew Peterson takes on the role having previously been managing director ...

ASX flags imminent blockchain transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The ASX decision to replace its exchange settlement system in place of distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain could come as soon as December. ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens said the exchange has undertaken initiatives and industry-wide ...

ANZ foots compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
ANZ will compensate consumers a total of $10.5 million as a result of OnePath compliance breaches. According to ASIC, ANZ's wealth, insurance and advice arm, OnePath, failed to process superannuation contributions and manage lost inactive member balances ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
If anything, the National Australia Bank's July business survey added credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's optimistic take on the outlook for economic activity in the country, but not inflation which it expects "to pick up gradually as the economy ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Wall Street's on a tear with all of the equity market's benchmark indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones; Nasdaq; Russell 2000 - hitting record highs last week. The most proximate cause is, of course, the strong June quarter earnings results. According to Factset ...

Industry fund and wealth manager finalise integration

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Industry super fund First State Super is welcoming a new acting head of investment strategy as it transitions towards integration with recently acquired wealth management business StatePlus. StatePlus acting chief investment officer Michael Winchester ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... a 1.2% increase in the previous three-month period. Year-on-year, import prices quickened to 0.3% in June from -0.6% in March - one that according to the ABS is due to the "depreciation of the Australian dollar against major trading currencies". All ...