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Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... from stakeholders on the proposed solutions to balance superannuation contributions allocated to saving for retirement versus automatic insurance benefits. Industry and stakeholder feedback will help shape an enforceable Code of Practice and Good Practice ...

BT Wrap adds absolute investment fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... Shields said. "We also have a number of leading goals-based advisers who prefer investments managed to an absolute style, versus being relative to a benchmark." Co-portfolio manager Shane Fitzgerald said the addition is further confirmation of the support ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... a significant amount of value. On top of this, Bhansali dismissed the conventional wisdom about the virtues of passive versus active investment, arguing that "going passive is an active decision" from an asset allocation perspective, because it involves ...

Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... less than $100m in annual VC Fintech activity prior to 2015. Deal counts also remained strong, ticking up to 58 in 2016 versus 54 in 2015. Globally, after 2015's record-setting US$46.7 billion in total global investment in fintech companies, 2016 fintech ...

Active returns at their worst since 2009

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... calendar 2016 - the first time this has happened since 2009. Over the 12 months to December 31, the 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard found that less than 25% of Australian equity funds and less than 40% of Australian ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... that "an appreciating exchange rate would complicate this adjustment." To date, the Australian dollar has gained 11.6% versus the US dollar and on the trade weighted exchange from its 2016 lows. As for inflation, the RBA says that it remains quite and ...

Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... non-associated Hunter Hall shareholders," assessing the fair value of Hunter Hall shares to be between $2.75 and $3.20, versus the $1 per share offer made by WHSP. Hunter Hall's directors added that shareholders, in accepting the bid, may be deprived ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... decline since April 2012. Core retail sales - excluding fuels - displayed the same pattern, dropping by 2.0% in December versus the previous month's 0.2% gain and expectations for a small 0.3% correction. Year-on-year, total retail sales growth slowed ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. This is sharply above market expectations for an improvement to 41.3 and is the highest level in three years ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... by 7.3% in the previous month and beating expectations for a 5.0% drop underpinned by the yuan's depreciation -- down 2% versus the US dollar in November and 6.0% year to date. Imports surged by 6.7% in the year to November - mainly due to higher commodity ...