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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... on... This is consistent with the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey that showed business confidence deteriorated in the third quarter with the headline index (big manufacturers) falling back to a reading of 12 in the September quarter from 15 in the ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... extraordinary volume of capital in super is going to have an impact. The deployment of that capital is going to have second and third order ramifications that will flow back to other parts of the portfolio and impact the environment in which our members ...

VicSuper lets members hold super in their hands

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... credit card debt, super is an asset from day one." A recent survey commissioned by VicSuper found that superannuation ranked third in terms of people's personal importance, yet the average Australian doesn't understand the basics including their current ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped from second to third overall as a result of the nation slowly reforming its superannuation system. Mercer senior partner Dr David Knox said Australia ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... this year. The fund is distributed in Australia by Ironbark Asset Management in a partnership model which also sees the third party marketer manage relationships with the research houses and platforms. The firm's head of distribution, Alex Donald said ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... reports growth numbers that are better-than-expectations. So it was when the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealed that third quarter GDP expanded by 6.9% -- a miss on the government's 7.0% target and the slowest since the first quarter of 2009 it ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Institutional investors are moving fast to protect their portfolios from the risks facing the Australian market. Over a third of the money poured into new mandates last year was in international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian ...

HNW Planning ramps up high-touch advice with netwealth managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... managed accounts allow the group's financial advisers to build deeper and stronger relationship with clients. This is the third private-label managed accounts deal that netwealth has signed since its August launch this year. "We are delighted to be able ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... volatility wasn't volatile and growth in 'the others' haven't as yet slowed to worrying rates. Then again, what kind of third and fourth quarter world - and its attendant ramifications on financial markets and its second order ramifications on growth ...