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Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... market, with product providers chasing investors who want low-fee funds or institutional-grade portfolio solutions at commodity prices. But the lion's share will go towards the fund managers who can successfully walk that tightrope of offering a compelling ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... remains subdued. The domestic credit environments were stable, although there are pockets of weakness associated with low commodity prices."

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Mark Carney wrote, "The underlying causes of below-target inflation are unchanged since my previous letter: falls in commodity prices; the past appreciation of sterling; and, to a lesser degree, below-average growth of domestic wage costs". Carney expects ...

Advisers halt HNW slide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... two thirds of a typical Australian HNW investor's portfolio. Whilst the property market remained buoyant, the slump in commodity prices and sharemarket volatility throughout the year weighed down on overall asset growth." Whilst 2012/2013 saw a decisive ...

"More focused" NAB lifts profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... Thorburn. "Importantly, our asset quality and balance sheet remain strong, notwithstanding recent volatility in markets and commodity prices. Staying focused on these basics of banking is a priority for us." In February the bank completed the demerger ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... office buildings and infrastructure, which created an insatiable demand for commodities. So we ended up with a 12-year commodity super-cycle. Which, in turn, created a tremendous economic boom the likes of which the world had never seen before. Demand ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... conditions and high inventories, contributed to the recent fall in the prices of oil and other commodities. In turn, low commodity prices could trigger financial stresses in commodity-exporting economies, particularly in vulnerable emerging market economies ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... Fed's favoured inflation measure - the PCE price index - remained stuck below its 2.0% target. History shows that rising commodity prices and the weak US dollar drove inflation higher in the few years before 2012. The reversal - commodity price decline ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... Sydney, Wingate Asset Management chief investment officer Chad Padowitz said while there is a lot of focus on the ailing commodity markets, there are also positive signs. "Markets are obsessed with oil as an indicator of global economic growth, and there ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the low inflation of 2015 slides into outright deflation in 2016. This could be due to a further unexpected drop in commodity prices, a larger-than-expected depreciation of the CNY or a greater slowdown in Chinese growth. "Furthermore, given most global ...