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Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
The majority of large institutional investors will ramp their exposure to real assets in 2017, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's global survey of 240 large institutional investors - including public and corporate pensions, insurers and foundations ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... which isn't what it needs today," Baur said. "Secondly, if we're entering an era where macro-economic events cease being the major cause of movement in financial markets, then its idiosyncratic risk in securities has become paramount, and the move toward ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Three major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive outlook on the global macro economy, noting that every major economy from the US to Japan was coming out of a decade of sluggish growth. "We're finally moving out of a post-GFC period ...

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... of the key pillars of the 2016 Productivity Commission Report on superannuation.The digital component is set to become a major focus: according to a 2016 Deloitte Digital report, 76% of Australians over-45 use their smartphone multiple times a day while ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... assets to which Australia also had a slightly higher weighting. The assets in global institutional pension funds across 22 major markets totaled $36.4 trillion in 2016 - a growth of 4.3% in 12 months. Total pension assets in these markets account for ...

Suncorp vet joins Westpac subsidiary

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Majority-owned Westpac subsidiary Hastings Management is welcoming its second independent director. Justine Hickey joins the infrastructure equity manager while also serving as a director on the boards of DNR Capital, the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation ...

Celebrated sporting figure joins Pan-Tribal board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... perspective to the table." Kerr is a partner of Kemp Strang Lawyers, acting as relationship partner for many of the firm's major banking clients and other financial institutions, commercial enterprises and tertiary organisations. He currently serves ...

Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... income and outlays confirmed the indications from last week's National Accounts that the consumer remains the economy's major driving force. US GDP growth expanded at an annual rate of 1.9% in the fourth quarter with the 2.5% growth in personal consumption ...

Hunter Hall slams exit proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... this month. Speaking to Financial Standard, Wilson said his view was that because Peter Hall resigned - as the founder and major fund manager - "it's incumbent upon the board as an independent board to provide a mechanism that's fair to allow shareholders ...