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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Australia's commonwealth debt hits $425 billion Australian commonwealth debt, measured by commonwealth debt securities on issue and managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), stood at $425 billion on Friday July 15. This is up ...

Keybridge hits back at Bentley on ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Keybridge has defended its public criticisms of shareholder Bentley Capital on the ASX. As reported in Financial Standard on July 12, Bentley Capital hit back at Keybridge chair Andrew Moffatt's statements on the ASX. Moffat, whom Bentley is proposing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Australian employment The number of Australians who found jobs in June may have been less than market expectations - up 7,900 versus consensus forecast for a 10,000 increase - but the underlying details of the report provided positive underpinnings ...

Mercer wins new super partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Wealth management firm Mercer recently won a superannuation partnership with one of Australia's largest mining services companies, adding about 4000 new members to the Mercer Super Trust. The partnership saw Orica transition about one-third of its workforce ...

BlackRock, Aviva receive ratings nod

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Share Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith, while the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy Target Return Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial ...

Fee and return disclosures influence retirement choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
A group of researchers have developed strategies to advance superannuation member engagement with retirement plan choices, particularly focusing on fee and return disclosures. In a working paper recently published by the Centre of Excellence in Population ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Australia consumer confidence Conducted from 4 July to 7 July - after 'Brexit' and amidst the then still inconclusive Australian Federal elections - it's not surprising that Australian consumer sentiment declined in July, what was surprising was that ...

ING exec moves to Core Logic

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Executive director, customer delivery at ING Direct, Lisa Claes has resigned from the company to step into a senior role at Core Logic. Claes will leave ING at the end of July, taking on the role of chief executive for the Australia and New Zealand ...

Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has criticised Keybridge Capital's explanatory notes about the former's proposal to remove Keybridge's chair and appoint Bentley nominees to the board. On July 7, ahead of Keybridge's July 29 extraordinary general meeting, Keybrige chair ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australia housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner ...