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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 ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... December 2017 quarter from 2.8% in the previous period, but the full 2017 year estimate took the expansion up to 2.5% -- the fastest growth rate since the 3.4% rate recorded in exactly one decade. The Eurozone ended 2017 with a big bang. The latest Markit ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... debt to contain financial risks. Even better, the full 2017 growth rate quickened to 6.9% from 6.7% in 2016. This is the fastest growth rate in two years, the first acceleration in GDP growth in the economy in seven years and is above the government's ...

Vontobel expands distribution footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... desire to showcase investment solutions and continued commitment to the Australian market. "Australia remains one of the fastest-growing markets with large allocations to both traditional and alternative debt strategies, where we see interesting potential ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... This is more than double October's 0.5% increase and triple market expectations for a 0.4% gain. And oh, it's also the fastest single month increase since February 2013. Not only that, the seasonally adjusted numbers show the annual growth in retail ...