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Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... may come down to timing and market occurrences. "Capital stewardship is time and market dependent. For example the way a German pension fund prioritises its regulatory obligations and compliance from an ESG perspective would be vastly different from ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
China's GDP to grow 56% by 2021 Total world GDP is estimated to be A$99 trillion this year, according to the Statistics Times news service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15% ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
The 2016 Global Retirement Index (GRI) has ranked Australia sixth in the world for the wellbeing of its retirees, naming engagement as a key factor in improving retirement outcomes. Released by Natixis Global Asset Management, the GRI compares the ability ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves climb to $70bn Australia's holdings of foreign reserves climbed 4% during 2015-16 to $70 billion, reports the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reserves held as foreign currency remained steady on 84% while holdings of gold increased ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Australia's commonwealth debt hits $425 billion Australian commonwealth debt, measured by commonwealth debt securities on issue and managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), stood at $425 billion on Friday July 15. This is up ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
ANZ ETFS will later this month launch an exchange traded fund which provides unhedged exposure to leading companies in the Eurozone. The ANZ ETFS Euro Stoxx 50 ETF, which will have the ASX ticker code ESTX, will track the Eurozone's largest and most ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Further exits from the European Union pose the biggest risk to global markets after the Brexit referendum, according to industry commentators. Following UK voters' decision to leave the European Union on July 24, political figures from Greece, Spain ...

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... fund, but, ultimately, to implement much needed corporate governance reforms going forward at VW." CalSTRS pointed out that German securities litigation is unlike US securities class actions because shareholders in German companies are not entitled to ...