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Sovereign wealth funds flock to emerging markets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
New State Street research shows a rising appetite for emerging markets in some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Released in partnership with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, the report said that half of the SWFs surveyed ...

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Lending specialist La Trobe Financial gets a headstart in the aged care sector with a new product that has attracted more than $30 million since launch. A year ago, La Trobe launched a new retirement lending product unseen in the Australian market. ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November from October. This is in line with market expectations, the lowest in seven years (September 2009) and an improvement from the 10.5% rate recorded in the same month a year earlier. ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Engaging the next generation and creating awareness of financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) -- derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Construction activity in Australia remains in contraction, but the rate of contraction is easing. This is the indication from the Australian Industry Group's (AiG)/Housing Industry Group (HIA) Performance of Construction Index. The index climbed to ...

Hunter Hall names interim execs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Hunter Hall has appointed a temporary chief executive and chief investment officer effective immediately, following Peter Hall's decision to resign and leave in June 2017. Chief financial officer Paula Ferrao will be acting chief executive, while deputy ...

The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
The looming wave of retiring baby boomers is paving the way for the creation of the 'retirement consultant.' According to a new paper from actuarial consultancy Milliman, the need for the assistance of a consultant focused solely on the implications ...

Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
It's that time of the year again where everyone gets to start with a clean slate. Ned Dane, head of private client group at US-based wealth manager OppenheimerFunds wrote an article late last month on how financial advisers should ring in the New Year. ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Mercer's Alexis Cheang hears plenty of verbal commitment from Australian superannuation funds about the development and implementation of sustainable investment strategies. The continued aspiration is welcome, but Cheang believes proper execution and ...