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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Australia new motor vehicle sales Sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 2.5% in the month of April, more than offsetting the previous month's 2.2% increase and lower than market expectations for a 0.5% fall. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data ...

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has led the majority investment in a senior secured bond issuance by Autovia del Noroeste (Aunor), a mature shadow toll road located in Murcia, Spain. Whitehelm's investment was made on behalf of industry superannuation ...

Retired mothers need financial help

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The lengths Australians go to in order to financially support their parents in retirement has been detailed by an industry superannuation fund survey. Last month REST Industry Super spoke to 1052 Australians who were over 18 and providing financial ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Adopting the industry funding model for ASIC will result in a much more efficient and less politically-motivated regulator, according to former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
The launch of a new ETF which exposes investors to the companies most talked about on social media proves index investing is limited only by product providers' imagination. The new product, launched on the NYSE by Toronto-based alternative fund manager ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Australia sales of new motor vehicles Sales of new motor vehicles jumped by 2.2% in the month of March - the highest increase in six months -- following an unchanged reading in the previous month, indicating that Australian consumer is lifting discretionary ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Early findings from new self-managed superannuation fund research is showing people with higher numeracy skills are less likely to be an SMSF member. That said, the research also shows SMSF members are highly knowledgeable about running their own super ...

Aspen Group to consider restructure and acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Listed property investment and funds management company Aspen Group has received an unsolicited proposal from Mill Hill Capital (MHC) to acquire Edward Baillie Capital Hotel & Leisure Fund's (EBCHLF) hotel/motel portfolio and operations, appoint two ...

CommInsure appoints life product and strategy head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
CommInsure has appointed former senior executive, Frank Crapis, as head of life product and strategy. Crapis will replace Sally Phillips who was appointed to the role just four months earlier. CommInsure confirmed that the changes have been in motion ...

Lonsec and Zenith upgrade Fidelity ratings

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Lonsec has upgraded the Fidelity Future Leaders Fund to "Highly Recommended" and Zenith has increased its rating of Fidelity's Australian mid- and small-cap fund managed by James Abela to "Recommended". In a statement Lonsec said, "James Abela is a ...