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SMSFs hurt more than APRA funds in downturn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... the year. The higher volatility within the SMSF segment may be partially due to seasonality of contribution in the June quarter, industry researcher Rainmaker said. It also indicates poorer relative returns for SMSF funds in the most recent quarter of ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... with real GDP contracting at an annualised rate of 0.8% in the third quarter that followed a 0.7% decline in the June quarter - that's recession number four or double double-dips since the global financial crisis. The third quarter economic contraction ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... sales are recovering after two poor quarters, according to DEXX&R research. DEXX&R's life analysis report for the June quarter shows that new business in the sector grew by 15% on the March quarter to $321 million. As reported in Financial Standard ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... consistent with the recent US GDP update that showed the US economy growing above trend at 3.7% annualised rate in the June quarter. Those expecting a hold on proceedings are also correct. Employment grew by only 173K in August - less than the 223K expected ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... inflation data show that the ECB is not starting from a position of strength. Real GDP growth slowed to 0.3% in the June quarter - when QE was in full swing and before the financial market ructions -- from 0.4% in the previous three-month period. Annual ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... waging - they prevented the A$ from dropping as much as it should -- it averaged 64.26 in trade weighted terms in the June quarter, down only 0.71% from the previous three-month's average. As it has been "whenever we find ourselves in times of trouble" ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... and a month ago - despite China's stock market beginning to convulse - when Beijing reported growth of 7.0% in the June quarter, faster than consensus expectations for a 7.8% print. Back the Bloomberg even quoted Standard Chartered chief China economist ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... indicates that Australia will continue bumping along below trend growth going forward. Actual capex fell by 4.0% in the June quarter and dropped by 10.5% over the year. Worse, "Estimate 3 for 2015-16 is $114,814m. This is 23.4% lower than Estimate 3 ...

MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... transitions take place," AMP said. Yesterday the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) also released its June quarter MySuper statistics, showcasing that the MySuper segment now has $428 billion of assets - an 18% increase from June 2014. ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... host of problems currently plaguing Malaysia. The economy is slowing - GDP growth is down sharply from 6.5% in the June quarter of last year to 4.9% in the second quarter of 2015 -- at the same time that inflation is rising - up 3.3% in July (the highest ...