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Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
People's Bank of China (PBOC) deputy governor Yi Gang's predicted inflation rate of 2% - 3% for this year appears at risk should the recent sharp slowdown in CPI inflation persist over the coming months. Headline inflation increased by a mere 0.8% in ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Low-flation at the core The European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... member communications on insurance 5) Improving data standards to improve service to members 6) Undertaking independent research on the costs and benefits of group insurance within superannuation. "Addressing the issue of members with multiple instances ...

Year of the Rooster deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
China's trade balance went into a US$9.2 billion deficit in February from a surplus of US$51.4 billion in the previous month and a surplus of US$28.2 billion in the same month in 2016. This was the first monthly trade deficit recorded since February ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Financial markets don't track the ADP private payrolls report as closely as they do the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment report but if ADP's estimate for February is any guide, the official US non-farm payrolls report (due out at the end ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... undertake leadership positions can be key to solving the culture issues a lot of financial institutions are facing. "Research shows that females have a very different approach to risk and the way they handle and respond to these sorts of issues," she ...

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... chair of the board's nominating and/or governance committee if necessary. The asset manager argued its case based on MSCI research, which determined that companies with strong female representation on boards delivered a 36.4% increase in average return ...

Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... outperforming other funds forces the question of why the proportion of women in superannuation leadership roles remains so low. Research by Rainmaker into the relative returns of super funds based on the ratio of women in senior leadership roles - board ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... 2.3% per annum, while family-controlled companies outperform headline indices by 12% per annum. "We've done a lot of research around the role state-controlled companies' play in degrading returns. It's demonstrated that by not owning any state-controlled ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA ...