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Alphinity launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... production of fossil fuels, controversial fuels such as uranium, gold mining where gold is the primary purpose of the mine, factory farming, live exports, predatory lending, alcohol and gambling, and old growth forestry logging, for example," he said. ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... continues to do well with the flash estimate rising from a final reading of 59.7 in April to a record high of 59.9 in May. "Factory orders saw the eleventh consecutive month of expansion, with growth moderating only marginally from April's record ...

TAL fund in SFT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... option will reduce from 1.20% to 0.39%. Mercer was recently the beneficiary of another successor fund transfer when the Factory Mutual Insurance Company Super defined benefit fund moved members to Mercer Super Trust.

Defined benefit fund in SFT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... defined benefit fund with $77 million in funds under management is completing a successor fund transfer to a Mercer subplan. Factory Mutual Insurance Company Superannuation (FMIC) members and assets will be transferred from the existing fund to a Mercer ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... a three-month high of reading 51.9 in March from 50.6 in February. This marks the 13th straight month of expansion in factory activity with output, new orders and buying orders rising to three-month peaks and export sales returning to expansion. Likewise ...

GE, Cheesecake Factory pursued for disclosure violations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... misleading disclosures about cashflow and profitability. On December 4, the SEC announced it would be charging the Cheesecake Factory for misleading disclosures in relation to the impact COVID-19 has had on its business. The restaurant chain stated that ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... there - has again grounded/prolonged the grounding of planes, trains and automobiles (and cruise liners) and re-frozen factory activity. Worse (for oil prices, at least), with Donald practically a lame duck, the US is set to tighten restrictions even ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... PMI accelerated to 53.6 in October 2020 from September's reading of 53.0 -- the sixth straight month of growth in factory activity, and the strongest since January 2011 - as total new orders expanded at their sharpest rate in a decade and business ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... reading of 71 in April - the lowest reading since December 2011 and the biggest monthly fall on record. Meanwhile, forced factory shutdowns, disruptions to their supply chains and reduced demand sent industrial production plummeting by 5.4% in the month ...

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... fiscal authorities are now flooding the world with liquidity (cash) but government directives for social distancing and factory and business and school closures - for fear of getting the infection or spreading the infection - negate these. Have money ...