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Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

QIC launches retail property fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
Institutional investor, QIC, has announced the creation of the QIC US Shopping Centre Fund, allowing investors to benefit from the performance of select US retail real estate markets. QIC are targeting to raise US$750 million ($1 billion) to US$1billion ...

Telstra Super appoints head of $2.5bn infrastructure, property portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Telstra Super has appointed a new head of property and infrastructure. Miriam Patterson has been head of the division in an acting capacity since December. Prior to that, she was an investment manager on the Telstra Super investment team, and has also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Australia wage price index The wage price index (WPI) which measures the "total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses" among Australian workers increased by lower than expected 0.4% in the first quarter of this year, representing a slowing from the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Australia new motor vehicle sales Sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 2.5% in the month of April, more than offsetting the previous month's 2.2% increase and lower than market expectations for a 0.5% fall. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data ...

ASIC makes two permanent bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AFS licensee employee and former chairman of collapsed lender Wickham Securities and founder of Sherwin Financial Planners (in liquidation), from providing financial services. Former AFS licensee employee Nicolai ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Australia inflation expectations If it's anything to go by the latest Consumer Inflationary Expectations Survey released by the Melbourne Institute shows that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) couldn't have cut interest rates soon enough. Recall that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Australia consumer confidence The drop sparks a rise. There is no doubt that the 8.5% jump in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index to 103.2 points in May - the highest level since January 2014 - had been mainly a result of the Reserve ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
US NFIB small business optimism The National Federation of Independent Business' (NFIB) small business optimism index increased to 93.6 in April, rebounding from the previous month's two-year low level of 92.6 and better than market expectations for ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Self-managed superannuation fund investors are moving their assets into cash and term deposits at the highest rate in more than four years, according to new data from OneVue. The superannuation and investment management back office provider said cash ...