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SMSFs continue to break with tradition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... increased investment in A2 Milk and Bubs Australia saw the food and beverage sector soar in value by 86%, becoming the fastest growing sector for SMSFs. Taking on greater risk in the hope of achieving higher returns, Evans said the strength in mid-cap ...

Australia ticks boxes for ultra-high-net-worth individuals

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... top-quality management, significant energy and environmental diversification potential and convenient access to the world's fastest-growing food market, it said. Locally, the number of ultra-wealthy Australians, those with US$50 million or more, rose ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... structure. Closer to home, Natixis' head of Asia Pacific Fabrice Chemouny said APAC is widely expected to be one of the fastest growing global markets for asset management over the coming years, forming a cornerstone of the firm's plans for strategic ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... premiums (42%) over the last decade, followed by income protection (27%), trauma (14%) and TPD (10%). TPD recorded the fastest-growing segment, 8.1% over the past 10 years and 13.8% year-on-year. Stepped premiums dominated at 93.7% market share, while ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... growth, increasing by 7.5% to $721 billion. Willis Towers Watson research shows Australia's superannuation market is the fastest growing among other major pension systems around the globe. Australia's superannuation assets grew 12.1% over the last 20 ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... of Draghi's words. The statistics are there for all to see. The economy expanded by 2.5% for the full-year 2017 - the fastest growth rate in 10 years. The unemployment rate has fallen from 9.6% in January 2017 to 8.7% by December last year - the lowest ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... already strong 0.6% increase. This followed an upwardly revised 0.2% (from 0.1%) increase in the previous month and is the fastest monthly advance since 1.2% in the month of May in 2016. The year-on-year rate accelerated from 3.2% to 3.6%. Now that we've ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
Australia's superannuation market is the fastest growing among other major pension systems around the globe, a new Willis Towers Watson study shows. Australia's superannuation assets grew 12.1% over the last 20 years thanks to the success of government-mandated ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... earnings increased by 2.9% in the year to January, up from an upwardly revised 2.7% growth in the previous month and the fastest rate of increase since June 2009. For sure, it's just a single swallow that perhaps doesn't a spring make for we've been ...

Natixis IM appoints insto sales director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Global Investors and Westpac. Natixis' head of Asia Pacific, Fabrice Chemouny said APAC is widely expected to be one of the fastest growing global markets for asset management over the coming years, forming a cornerstone of the firm's plans for strategic ...