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UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... to poor management, as distinct from structural challenges posed by competitors like Aldi. Woolworths' share price has fallen 22.5% over the past year and is now trading at around $21, making it the worst performer among the companies that we hold a ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... economic performance. We estimate headline GDP growth to be around 3% in fiscal year 2016, and the unemployment rate has fallen from last year's cyclical high. Significant currency depreciation is spurring services exports, particularly education and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... lifted the mid-point of its yuan trading band by 0.56% to 6.4589 back on 29 April 2016. At the time the US dollar index has fallen to 93.82 from 94.62 on 1 April and 98.68 at the start of the year. The PBOC lowered the fixing the following month, setting ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Overall risk sales at the major insurers have fallen 5.9% over the 12 months to end of March owing to significant falls in group risk sales. The latest figures from Plan For Life show even though overall risk premium inflows for March were up 6.2% ...

Brexit fears trigger UK fund exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Assets in the UK's asset management industry have fallen by nearly £200 billion ($383 billion) to £900 billion ($1.72 trillion) during the past year, as a result of the concern about a British exit from the EU. According to figures from global funds ...

Lack of resources impacting ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... for a new AFS licence or a variation of AFS licence, of these applications 34% (338) were approved. The approval rate has fallen by 6% from the period of 1 January to 30 June 2015 and by 11% from 1 July to 31 December 2014. In its report ASIC claims ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index (due out 1 June) - if not more positive. The ISM manufacturing index had only fallen into contraction territory from October 2015 to February this year, jumped to 51.8 in March before slowing again to 50.8 ...

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... new report by the Australia Institute. Average Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) staff numbers have fallen 14.4% from 1,834 in the 2013-14 budget period to 1,569 in 2015-16. Australia Tax Office staff numbers have fallen from 22,022 ...

Market slide widens super performance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... annual performance to 1%. This, the research noted, was the first time since June 2012 that rolling 12-month performance has fallen below 3%. The research highlighted that periods of lower Australian equity returns tend to increase the performance gap ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... competitiveness and at the same time, put upward pressure on inflation. New Zealand's annual headline inflation rate has fallen from a high of 1.6% in the June 2014 quarter to just 0.1% in the December quarter of last year. As RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler ...