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Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... Australia's super system has competitive fee rates. In addition, the Deloitte research shows Australian super funds deliver the third highest returns to consumers of the countries surveyed in the study. "There is a strong body of evidence to show that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... in April and down 1.4% from the same month last year. Likewise, core capital goods orders dropped by 0.8% in April - the third straight monthly fall and decline number five out of the last six months. Year-on-year, core capital goods orders decreased ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... that remains atypical across large swathes of corporate Japan but is deemed vital to Abe's plans to revitalise the world's third-biggest economy. The BOJ's demands for the new ETFs, and the implication that those demands will be ongoing, are aimed at ...

Aussies unsure about super contributions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... Report delivers other worrying signs about the country's understanding of superannuation and its purpose. It discovered a third of Australians are unsure about what age they can access their super, and the same percentage are unsure whether they will ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... global average to be willing to consolidate their assets with fewer providers (38% compared to 57%), there are still over a third who would - representing a significant retention risk for local managers. EY Oceania wealth and asset management leader ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Australian income seekers have been whacked by the downturn in the mining sector, with high a profile dividend cut from BHP Billiton leading to Australia tumbling down the Henderson Global Dividend Index in the first quarter. In Australia, dividends ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... doldrums are further highlighted by Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing PMI that had fallen below the 50 level for a third straight month to a reading of 47.6 in May from 48.2 in April. This is also the fastest decline since December 2012 - when ...

Medcraft steps down from global leadership position

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for the past three years. He declined to seek a third term, and will be replaced by Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission chief executive Ashley Alder. IOSCO acknowledged ...

New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... efficiencies. The Energy Productivity Index, which analyses 70 globally-listed companies across six sectors, already shows about one-third of companies could boost their profit margins by more than 5% by matching energy efficient peers. The index is ...

Competitive forces driving US pension fees down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... they were likely to move money into less-expensive share classes of mutual funds on their plan menus. Meanwhile, about a third said they planned to renegotiate administrative fees, while 14% said they would switch some or all of their investment options ...