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Industry funds extend winning streak

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... not-for-profit funds against their bank-owned rivals. The former has returned 5.38% per annum over the last 10 years while the latter has returned 1.73%. The differential in performance in the 2015/16 financial year can be largely attributed to the outperformance ...

Class ups its SMSF stake

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... growth in sales of Class Super, there has also been increasing interest in Class' non-SMSF solution, Class Portfolio. The latter had about 2000 billable portfolios as at 30 June. Class chief executive Kevin Bungard said: "Class' financial performance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... continued economic recovery and expectations that inflation would return to its target band (2.5% +/-1.5%) "...within the latter half of the year". The Thai central bank's key policy rate had been unchanged at 1.50% since April 2015 following the BOT's ...

CBA appoints group general counsel from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... counsel and group executive corporate affairs to CBA's chief risk officer, following Alden Toevs's retirement from the latter position in January. At the time, commenting on Cohen's new appointment, Narev said: "David has been a broad contributor to ...

Challenger, AMP come out on top in difficult managed funds year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... others - Challenger and AMP reported modest increases in funds under management, with the former growing by 4.1% and the latter by 9.7%. The retail sector remained more stable; in the year to March 2016 it fell by 0.7% to $745.1 billion. Compared to ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Fund. The first two have gearing ratios ranging from around 50-65% while the latter, which shorts the Australian equity market to provide an inverse return to the ASX200 index, is limited to a borrowing ratio ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... Fedspoke. This is the lowest reading in nine months - since August last year and before it jumped to a high of 40.74 in the latter end of the month (due on the main by the surprised yuan devaluation and, dare we say it, speculation of Fed rate hike coming ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... due to the relative calm in financial markets (and consequent recovery in equity and commodity markets) starting in the latter part of the March quarter. Also note that the "March quarter survey returns are completed during April and May" (ABS) and therefore ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... strong retail sales, reduction of fiscal deficit and improved government spending and strong industrial production. The latter point, he added, was precipitated partly by Serbia not being in the EU yet and therefore unaffected by trade sanctions in Russia ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... their lot. The stronger than expected retail sales and consumer confidence reports released earlier suggest it's more the latter. This is bad news for the doves but good news for US economy because of housing's large multiplier effect on employment ...