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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Australia consumer confidence The drop sparks a rise. There is no doubt that the 8.5% jump in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index to 103.2 points in May - the highest level since January 2014 - had been mainly a result of the Reserve ...

PIMCO Income fund launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... preserving capital and this strategy combines diversified sources of income with rigorous risk management backed by PIMCO's research and analytical expertise across sectors globally," Ivascyn said. Adrian Stewart, Head of PIMCO Australia and New Zealand ...

Acadian appoints VP

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Acadian Asset Management (Australia) has appointed a vice president, portfolio management and research, to be based in the Sydney office. Suhail Mehra will take on the new role and will be responsible for the portfolio management of a number of Acadian's ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... improving the standing of our country and its citizens and caring enough to look after others." According to government research, the not-for-profit sector contributed about $43 billion to the national economy, or more than 2% of gross domestic product ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... return. Explained simply, factor investing is a quantitative strategy providing exposures to risk premia which academic research has shown to have persistently outperformed over the long term. These factors include low-risk, value, momentum, low volatility ...

Retired mothers need financial help

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... Australian mothers risk financially burdening their children later in life by inadequately saving for retirement. REST's research shows the intergenerational dependency is a self-perpetuating trend, as 63.2% of respondents who support their own parents ...

Foreign direct investors turning to Australia for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... According to the report, this is due to the Government's recent $1.1 billion innovation plan to support start-ups and research and Australia's expected 0.5% increase in economic growth in 2016. Having said this, the increase in foreign investor interest ...

Zurich launches optimised adviser portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... the challenge has been to drive meaningful efficiencies without compromising the customer experience. "According to our research, automation and process simplification are two of the main ways advisers are seeking to drive this efficiency, and we expect ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... like they could do 20 to 30 years ago whereby there was little knowledge of operations on the ground." Young said recent research by SLI found the younger you were the more likely you were to hold a Socially Responsible Investment or Green product, "the ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Central banks are running out of road. If governments ask them to continue down the path of previously unthinkable monetary policy without implementing fiscal policies of their own, there are likely to be severe unintended consequences for the global ...