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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... Year-on-year, orders increased by 1.6% in September after dropping by 1.0% in the previous month. Note that the topline orders series is highly volatile due to wild swings in the transportation component, mainly aircraft & parts. Defense aircraft & parts ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... The private equity and venture capital veteran said he's never seen more action in funding for start-ups and early-stage Series-A businesses in Sydney and Melbourne. This has mainly come from venture capital in web-based IT and software-as-a-service ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... lives." Entering its 10th anniversary, the AFA Foundation will primarily focus on fundraising at GenX, the Adviser Roadshow series and the National Adviser Conference. At each conference the AFA Foundation partners with one local charity. This year the ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... successfully introduced machine learning models across its own client trading programs. Earlier this month the group held a series of adviser events across Australia where they surveyed attendees, finding that 74% of advisers believe machine learning ...

Axsesstoday completes $20m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... financing business. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the $20 million note issue will be combined to form a single $40 million series with the company's existing $20 million subordinated secured floating rate notes which are due on 9 October 2021. The issue ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... public if much of the population relied on social security in retirement. This report comes as the second installment in a series of whitepapers from the investment manager showcasing the diverse individual investment themes and opportunities in the ...

TH Real Estate launches US Cities fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
TH Real Estate has launched its new US Cities Fund series, a re-launch of the TIAA CREF Core Property Fund that aims to provide investors with customised sector allocations. The US Cities Fund focuses on investments in retail, office, industrial and ...

Banks commit to new adviser hiring standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... industry has created a protocol which sets minimum standards for checking references and sharing information through a series of standardised questions and record keeping requirements. "Sometimes a financial adviser can be removed from one financial ...

Adviser feedback drives Elevate Online refresh

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
AMP has launched a series of updates to its Elevate Online platform, in the hopes of streamlining the adviser user experience. The web based platform supporting AMP's Elevate Online has been upgraded to simplify the quoting and application process and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... rate back in July 2013 was 64.8%. The trend is our friend. This is the reason why "The ABS encourages the use of the trend series". Because "The trend series smooth the more volatile seasonally adjusted estimates and provide the best measure of the underlying ...