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Frontier appoints two senior consultants

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... capital markets and asset allocation ream and as a senior consultant where he will work with Frontier's capital markets research team. Michael has more than 30 years' experience through roles with ING, UBS, the ASX, Perpetual Funds Management and Deutsche ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... flexible system that allows Australians to live a comfortable retirement. Actuaries Institute president Lindsay Smartt said research shows most Australians will not have a sufficient amount of superannuation to live comfortably in retirement and will ...

Life Insurance Risk Market inflows up 6.6%

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... insurance risk market inflows continued to climb but at a slower rate in 2015, up 6.6% from $14.4bn to $15.4bn according to research from Plan for Life. All leading companies experienced increases in their risk business led by TAL (19.3%), BT / Westpac ...

Economic uncertainty demands agile insto investment

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
New Research from State Street shows 'official institutions' like sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), central banks and government pensions are adapting their investment and operating models to be more agile. Titled 'Transforming to Meet the Needs of a New ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Australia capital city rents CoreLogic RP Data' March Rental Review shows that rental rates across the country's combined capital cities fell by 0.2% over the past 12 months. Four cities registered year-on-year increases in rents: Melbourne (up 2.0%) ...

New hires strengthens AMP Capital equities team

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... and resource-related sectors. Harris's previous roles include chief economist at Shell Australia and head of resources research at JCP Investment Partners. AMP Capital Global Equities and Fixed Income chief investment officer Mark Beardow said these ...

Australia, a tough nut to crack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... Australia's wealth management market operates. They cited the extraordinary influence of gatekeepers such as gatekeepers and research rating agencies play in Australia compared to other markets. "One facet of the market on which [foreign investment] ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... the mainstream, with 2 in 5 planners now using ETFs as a core investment choice for client portfolios according to new research from Betashares and Investment Trends. The Betashares/Investment Trends ETF Report revealed that the number of ETF investors ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
AiG Performance of Construction index Construction activity in Australia continues to slow. The AiG Performance of Construction Index fell to a 13th month low of 45.2 points in March from 46.1 in February. The latest result also marked the fourth straight ...