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Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Central banks are running out of road. If governments ask them to continue down the path of previously unthinkable monetary policy without implementing fiscal policies of their own, there are likely to be severe unintended consequences for the global ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
A budget deficit of $40 billion on its way down to just $6 billion in four years masks a massive 29% increase in tax revenue over the forward estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Three Australian superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Uh-oh! Don't know if you noticed but most equity markets around the world finished in the red heading into and up to the end of April. The raison d'Aatre, the source of angst, the trigger for the sell orders all pointed to the disappointment over the ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Institutional investors worldwide are turning to objective and factor-based investment approaches, such as smart beta, to meet their investment goals given the global low interest rate environment. This is one of the findings of State Street Global ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Australia export and import prices Prices are dropping like flies. Following on from the disappointingly weak consumer price inflation report for the March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest estimates on Australian ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
The Bank of Japan's stimulus measures have seen it quietly become one of the largest shareholders in the nation's largest companies, analysis from Bloomberg shows. The Japanese central bank is currently buying up equity ETFs at a rate of ¥3.3 trillion ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Milliman has criticised "typical" Australian balanced portfolios and a diversification approach to risk management. Noting that 60/40 balanced portfolios "experienced losses of 20% or more at the nadir of [the GFC]," Milliman's report said that this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Australia taxation revenue The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that Australia's total taxation revenue increased by 2.3% to A$445,965 million in fiscal year 2014/15 from A$435,892 million in 2013/14. Taxes on income - ...