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Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Hip, hip! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Business Indicators' report (released yesterday) eased growing concerns that tomorrow's National Accounts would show that the Australian economy weakened sharply - if not outright contracted -- in ...

ASIC delays super disclosure reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
ASIC is once again deferring multiple Stronger Super reforms so as to allow time for relevant legislation to finalise. Product dashboard requirements for choice products and portfolio holdings disclosure requirements will be delayed for two years - ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

Manager lists after $3bn merger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The vast majority of shareholders in an ASX-listed fund manager have approved a merger including $3.1 billion in funds under management, creating a new listed entity in the process. Following this decision, Hunter Hall will merge with Pengana Capital ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between ...

CFA Institute shrinks gender parity gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The number of male and female CFA candidates are almost at parity, according to the CFA Institute. About 46% females and 54% males sat the exam in December last year. Females who re-sat the exam accounted for 44% of total candidates. The Institute's ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... equities sell off after the Fed's third rate hike). But the Fed has already raised rates three times in this current cycle - December 2015, December 2016 and March 2017 - and still US benchmark indices have continued to rise above or near record highs. ...

Revenue boost for life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Life insurance companies reported a 146% boost in revenue, but failed to improve bottom line performance in the 12 months to March, according the latest APRA performance statistics. Life insurers' total revenue of $37.9 billion was driven mainly by ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Global equities boutique wins super fund mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
A NAB Asset Management minority owned investment boutique has picked up an international equities mandate from an industry superannuation fund. Intermede Investment Partners, a bottom-up investment manager that looks for companies with long-term sustainable ...