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Australian instos included in top infrastructure deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... infrastructure deal making market, an encouraging sign of an expanding asset class. "However, the total value of deals has fallen sharply from levels seen in 2016, perhaps indicating a slight lull in mega deal making; following a record-breaking year ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... alarm bells, they don't appear to be listening. The VIX index - the fear gauge - continues to trade at historic lows. It's fallen from an already low reading of 14.0 at the start of 2017 to 11.0 by the end of the year and is currently at 9.5. And why ...

HNWI financial advice demand falls: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... using financial advisers compared to five years ago. The use of financial advice among high-net-worth investors (HNWI) has fallen to a five-year low, according to the insights, which show 435,000 millionaires own more than $1 million of investable assets. ...

Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... it is true that the pro-indexing camp does exhibit a certain missionary zeal and does relish painting active managers as fallen angels who started off with good intentions but then got caught up with hubris and the lure of revenue-driven asset gathering," ...

Government superannuation bills will stand despite Royal Commission: O'Dwyer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... major banks, and would dismantle the governance of not-for-profit super funds," Collins said. These calls appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Superannuation bills currently before parliament a include forcing a minimum one-third independent directors ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... time. Likewise, US oil rig counts have been declining. As at 3 November, the Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has fallen by 1.1% to 729 rigs from the previous week and by 5.1% from this year's high of 768 rigs. A continued rise in oil prices should ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... to which it is appropriate for the MPC to accommodate an extended period of inflation above the target. Unemployment has fallen to a 42-year low and the MPC judges that the level of remaining slack is limited. The global economy is growing strongly ...

Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... veterans on the Kokoda Trail. The group connected with Legacy Australia in Papua New Guinea, which includes children of fallen defence force personnel and current serving members. The defence force personnel on the trek were funded through donations ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... high 193.7% as at June this year. Some are dipping into their savings to fund this debt. The household savings ratio has fallen to 4.6% in the year to the second quarter of this year - the lowest since September 2008 (3.7%)... but at least disposable ...

Emerging infrastructure funds struggling: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... emerging funds dropped from 106 in August 2016 to 87 unlisted infrastructure funds; targeted capital commitments have also fallen from US$54 billion to US$45 billion. Preqin defines emerging managers as those having raised or are currently raising their ...