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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Australia leading indicator The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was unchanged in November following increases of 0.1% in September and October. The latest result slowed the six-month annualised growth rate in the index ...

Planning firm to launch Netwealth private label

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... out clients a range of contemporary model portfolios, with Zenith employing a dynamic asset allocation with their best research ideas for active managers," Thwaites said. Having recently exceeded $10.5 billion in funds under management, Heine added that ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... making it even harder for other parts of the community to access the information and for academics to conduct meaningful research." One such academic, Professor Kevin Davis, proposed an alternative model for the sale of the register. Davis, who is the ...

Tribeca expands natural resources investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... in Sydney. They will report to portfolio managers Ben Cleary and Craig Evans. Orphanides has previously been an equity research analyst with RBC Capital Markets and has also covered natural resources investments at CBA and NM Rothschild & Sons. Eginton ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
1. QSuper public offer move reshapes competitive landscape The decision to make Queensland government superannuation funds QSuper and LGIAsuper public offer could have far-reaching ramifications for Australia's superannuation sector. When QSuper especially ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Top 10 financial planning stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... more Australians." New clients will work with "goals coaches" to identify goals - both from a list of 29 derived by AMP research, and by creating their own - using AMP's Goals Explorer software. They will also use AMP's My Money Style platform to determine ...

Financial services exposed to high cyber risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... they've been the victim of a cyberattack that has resulted in financial loss, there is significant reputational risk." The research also found that a quarter of respondents had not currently planned to report cyber risk to the board or executive team. ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Investors moving in and out of equities-based managed funds are showing less confidence in the asset class as volatile markets continue alongside sustained political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global ...