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Active returns at their worst since 2009

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... Australian actively-managed funds in all categories underperformed their respective benchmarks in calendar 2016 - the first time this has happened since 2009. Over the 12 months to December 31, the 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... survey, IHS Markit economist Samuel Agass declares that, "Encouragingly, with backlogs of work accumulating for the first time in 14 months, the added pressures on capacity should ensure growth will be maintained at a solid pace during at least the first ...

Challenger hails major retirement partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... partnership with Standard Life Investments will see the latter develop a Challenger-branded product, and represents the first time Standard Life has partnered for a retail retirement strategy in Australia. The Challenger Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... China's foreign exchange reserves continued to decline, falling by US$12.3 billion in January to US$2.988 trillion - the first time since February 2011 that reserves had fallen below the important psychological threshold of US$3 trillion. Though this ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... in 17 countries with a commitment to building gender-equal workplaces. Australia was featured in the index for the first time, with ANZ, Bank of Queensland, QBE and Westpac appearing. Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey are ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... our mood towards optimism. While the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased for the first time in three months in January, the 0.1% monthly pick-up was marginal and the reading of 97.4 (from 97.3 in December) indicates ...

Property not the answer for passive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... prospects. "An ageing population, as well as a generation of baby boomers who took up aerobics and jogging for the first time, almost ensures a growing conga-line of hospital visits, also known as 'separations' and elective surgeries," the report states. ...

Self-doubting Aussies falling short

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... equity - when they actually retire, with women facing a shortfall of $297,000 compared to $226,000 for males. For the first time the survey asked respondents to define 'wealth', with 33% defining it as income, 29% as lifestyle wealth and 24% as net worth. ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
For the first time in its 10-year history, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is publishing several ESG recommendations specifically targeted at Australian fiduciaries. The document, Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century ...

Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... fear. "Despite all the doom and gloom and mixed messages on the market, the Australian market is still growing. For the first time in a long while we have three pillars of the market, industrials, banks and resources, expected to grow simultaneously." ...