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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
Australia new motor vehicle sales Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show that the total new motor vehicle sales rose by 2.5% over the month of September to a record high 100,640 units. This followed a flat outcome in the previous month and ...

JANA strengthens consultancy team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
JANA has appointed two new consultants. David Surridge recently joined the investment consulting firm as a senior consultant, responsible for some of JANA's Sydney and New Zealand clients. Surridge's new role involves interacting with trustees, investment ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... activities involving armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or the production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds, Lonsec said: "The funds seek to shift between cash and Australian bonds at ...

Centrepoint settles Aviva lawsuit

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... former Singaporean subsidiary, Fifth Floor, breached a 2012 share purchase agreement warranty. The warranty pertained to the sale (by Fifth Floor) of Centrepoint's other former subsidiary, Professional Advisory Holdings, to Aviva. Aviva alleged that ...

Perpetual appoints distribution GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Perpetual Investments has appointed a new general manager of distribution. Matt Thompson was previously Perpetual Investments' head of wholesale business, having joined Perpetual in 2012. Prior to that, he was head of national accounts and research ...

VicSuper appoints product manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new product manager to help tackle the retirement income conundrum. Amanda Hoffman joins VicSuper from Industry Fund Services, where she was a senior product manager. Before that she held senior roles at Orchard Funds Management ...

Zurich fund receives first rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia's Emerging Markets Equity Fund has received its first rating from Zenith. Rated 'Recommended', Zenith noted the fund's unique focus on companies with sustainable high dividend yield and its ability to outperform low ...

Lonsec exec joins Recreo Financial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Recreo Financial has appointed a new director of clients and markets. Alfons Fiorindo joins Recreo from Lonsec, where he was head of sales for Lonsec Research and SuperRatings. He was also a director of Lonsec's Adviser Network and Lonsec Stockbroking ...

Doubts over Link bid for Pillar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission believes the sale of Pillar Administration to Link Group would reduce competition in superannuation. The commission said the sale would entrench Link's dominant position in super administration, resulting ...