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Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) remains the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, buoyed by an equities portfolio propelling most of its US$1.06 trillion assets under management. Preqin's latest sovereign wealth fund asset report shows ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The financial markets' response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report was a big "HO-HUM." With the report released a day before ANZAC Day, the response could have been because market players' thoughts were on something ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... these commercial arrangements, industry funds are also some of the biggest investors in the banking sector. Rainmaker research shows that at 31 December 2017, not-for-profit funds - 54% of which are industry funds - held about $200 billion in Australian ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
I'd like to thank National Farmers' Federation (NFF) general manager, trade and economics, Scott Kompo-Harms for taking time to respond to my piece on the Australian agriculture industry published on this page yesterday titled, " Malcolm puts agriculture ...

Millennials faring well financially: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
The latest research report from BT Financial Group highlights Australian millennials as most optimistic about their future, despite the rising costs of living. According to BT's research, millennials have bucked myths often associated with the generation ...

Royal Commission presents clear downside for bank stocks

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... increased regulation that will emerge as a result, have weakened the investment case for Australia's banking sector. Research from Credit Suisse analysts Jarrod Martin and Brendon Ferreira suggests a clear downside risk for the sector, noting "the Commission's ...

Blue Sky MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... "rebuild market confidence." Robert Shand presided over Blue Sky during a difficult period, where US hedge fund Glaucus Research published a scathing opinion piece explaining why it was shorting the company. Since then, Blue Sky has revised its fee-earning ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
"You are all right when you say when you say politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing ...

Blue Sky funds downgraded after profit revisions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
Two Blue Sky funds have been rated "unapproved" and "low investment grade" by SQM Research after the manager conceded it had fallen short of shareholder expectations. Blue Sky's Alternatives Access Fund was downgraded to 3.25 stars and recommended as ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...