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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... Australia, focused on key trends among firms earning above average profits and how they approach their business. The research found the highest performing firms were more effective at driving growth and profitability through leveraging capabilities that ...

MySuper transition costing retail members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... $20,000 as a result of retail and bank-owned funds delaying the transition of members into default MySuper products. Research conducted by Rainmaker Information and commissioned by Industry Super Australia shows retail and bank-owned super funds are ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) which assessed the extent to which countries' scientific research, drug pricing and intellectual property policies contribute to life-sciences innovation; suggesting that greater value is being ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney, CBA head of fixed income research Adam Donaldson noted the appeal of Australian bond markets in a low-growth environment. The bank believes the resilient ...

MLC portfolios receive Highly Recommended rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The MLC Inflation Plus portfolios recently received its highest rating, a Highly Recommended from research house Zenith Investment Partners. MLC chief investment officer, Jonathan Armitage, said: "We're extremely proud to have been recognised by Zenith ...

ACSI calls time on all-male boards

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... at serious risk of votes against sitting directors in the near future," she added. Based on Rainmaker SelectingSuper research, there is a strong argument for ACSI's stance on the issue. The research focused on returns for super funds rather than performance ...

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... understand fundamental psychological differences between clients and the impact this has on financial decisions, new NAB research shows. The research shows there are three regions of the brain that are anatomically different in men and women, which may ...

Two more Macquarie veterans join Shaw

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... achieving all of the goals we have set for ourselves in terms of the expansion of our retail, institutional, corporate and research offering, while meeting the needs of the regulators and legislators."