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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Australia residential property prices The weighted average of residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities declined by 0.2% in the March quarter negating the 0.2% increase recorded in the previous quarter. The result is lower than ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... Wales has the highest total amount of lost super with around $4.27 billion missing across some 378,000 accounts. The research was conducted by Lonergan Research which surveyed 1,030 Australians aged 18 years and over who have ever worked, between 27 ...

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... fund's flows and, in most cases, investors' actual returns lag total returns. Morningstar Australasia director of manager research, Tim Murphy, told a briefing in Sydney yesterday that post-GFC there has been an increasing focus on end-client outcomes ...

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
A portfolio of conventional blue chip stocks will only ever provide mediocre long-term returns given the constraints these companies are under, according to Montgomery Investment Management chair Roger Montgomery. In his new "Earning or Yearning?" whitepaper ...

Investors must adapt to capital light era

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... expect investment will be redirected to fund development of services companies and areas such a computer software and research, " Yetsenga said. He added as education demand grows a major challenge will be tertiary funding. "Securing private sector investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Japan external trade Latest trade data out of Japan conflicts with the BOJ's outlook - noted at its policy meeting last week - for "moderate expanding trend" in the economy. Japan registered a ¥40.72 billion deficit in May. While this is an improvement ...

PIMCO announces global layoffs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... and compensation." PIMCO will also restructure its active dividend strategies, "by converting the equity exposure to Research Affiliates Equity Income (RAE Income)." "While our dividend team colleagues have made important contributions to the firm, we ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... Government funding for commercialisation and business skills courses for tertiary STEM students; Introducing quarterly research and development tax credits for innovative, cash-poor businesses; Establishing the Biomedical Translation Fund; and Exploring ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
'Brexit', the worry du jour and the epic horror movie of our time that's coming soon, very soon to a theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains ...

CFSGAM appoints senior portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... and orchestrated the investment process for the AretA(C) Mid-Small Companies Fund. Prior to AretA(C), she was head of research at Wilson HTM. She was also a portfolio manager at Magellan and has held roles at Suncorp and Credit Suisse. At CFSGAM, Fernley ...