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Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
US retail sales A solid and faster than expected increase in US retail spending in May suggests that, perhaps, the Fed was correct in dismissing the highly disappointing May non-farm payrolls report as just "noise". Overall retail sales expanded for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... the survey picked up a little this month." China retail sales Chinese retail spending slowed a tad to 10.0% in the year to May - the slowest pace since April last year -- from 10.1% in the previous month and market expectations for a 10.1% increase. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
US jobless claims It may be that the very disappointing 38K increase in US employment in May was just noise, an aberration. This is the indication given by the latest data on jobless claims. Initial jobless claims decreased to 264,000 in the week ended ...

Advisers must adapt to millennial habits

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
As the largest global demographic group and number one source of global income advisers must adapt their practices to meet the growing demands of millennials, according to Rocky Scopelliti, global industry executive - banking, finance and insurance ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
The sentiment of mass affluent Australians has recovered in Q2 2016 amid renewed optimism for the economy and business but remains in negative territory, according to CoreData's latest quarterly Investor Sentiment Report. The uptick in the Investor ...

LUCRF Super appoints new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Industry super fund LUCRF Super has appointed Phil Caris as an employer representative to its board of directors. Caris was appointed to the board in May and is a senior international HR professional with 25 years' experience in large and medium size ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is considering introducing measures to restrict how much mutual funds can invest in leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). The product type gives investors geared exposure to a given ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA holds The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy settings steady at its 7 June Board meeting, announcing no change in the official cash rate which the central bank cut to a record low 1.75% at its 3 May meeting. "Taking account ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Australia ANZ job ads Continued improvement in the Australian labour market in the coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the ...