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Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... growth remains strong - evidenced by the sharply stronger-than-expected jump in non-farm payrolls (up 312,000 in December versus consensus predictions for a 180,000 gain). While this appears to be an aberration, the fact remains the US labour market ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... tracking to achieve this goal. "Under this approach, the level of investment risk would depend on where members' balances are versus their targeted objective. If, for example, returns have been poor, and a member's expected balance is below their target ...

Australian Unity fund manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... million which was up 60.5% over the previous year. AOF has a market cap of roughly $454 million and has returned roughly 25% versus the ASX 200 in one year.

Lenders must recognise millennial wealth strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... addition, millennials tend to consider a wider range of lenders before selecting a margin loan provider (3.8 on average versus 2.2 for the industry), meaning that lenders must establish a wider range of hooks to attract millennials who tend to be more ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... statement). The RBA is also more optimistic with regards to the unemployment rate: 5.0% this year and 4.75% in 2019 and 2020 versus the OECD's 5.4%, 5.3% and 5.1%, respectively. So too with underlying inflation: The RBA forecasts the rate at 2.25% ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... and passive managers. Something else an active manager can do, Tweeboom adds, is take an underweight position on duration versus the index if there's a view that interest rates will continue to lift and shorter duration assets will perform better. ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... by Sura Asset Management, has consistently outperformed the MSCI GEM index by 6.3%. Over three years, it retuned 27.51% versus 23.76%, she said. This shows the value of the region as an emerging markets opportunity, Mulligan said. Saxo Capital Markets ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... last meet on September 19. That time, the Nikkei-225 index was up by 4.9% (year-to-date) and the yen has weakened by 0.4% versus the greenback. The benchmark index has dropped by 10.7% since the September meeting, turning its year-to-date gain into a ...

BennBridge boutique launches small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Dynamic Smaller Companies fund from 2006 to 2017. Warren joined him in 2010. During their reign, the fund returned 435% versus the benchmark FTSE Small Cap Index of 114%. The new fund will sit alongside the team's £500m ($920.3m) UK absolute return ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. At any other given day, investors would have dismissed this as one of those occasions of extreme volatility ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO
Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO
Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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