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CBA partners to capitalise on Chinese tourism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... mobile payments provider, and its 450 million active users, is truly exciting," Rosmarin said. Last year China overtook the United States as the world's largest market in mobile payments with a transaction volume totaling US$235 billion, and is expected ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... "For both men and women, Australia has a higher life expectancy than similar countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USA," Cho said.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... on the back of higher "oil-related" commodity prices, and rising wage costs. Japan Nikkei manufacturing PMI As with the United States and the Eurozone, Japan's flash manufacturing PMI reading also improved in October, rising to 51.7 from 50.4 in September ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... the portfolio is invested in health services such as healthcare packaging and a chain of renal dialysis businesses in the United States. QIC isn't alone here. The firm's investments are merely symptomatic of a wider trend across the industry. Industry ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
On the eve of the Financial Services Council publishing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, industry bodies have collectively reinforced their beliefs on the purpose of group insurance in superannuation. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

NZ Super Fund partners in US renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... with the capability that the team offers, will help us access this sector and the shifting trend to clean energy in the United States." Infratil chief executive Marko Bogoievski added: "The Longroad opportunity emerged from an origination effort focused ...

CFSGAM grows investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... public and private sectors, Dooley commenced his career with the Sydney Water Board and is a former managing director of United Utilities Australia. He has overseen the development of 16 projects domestically with a value of $2 billion and successfully ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... to hold off another year or so before making its next move. We can also expect to see some modest fiscal easing in the United States next year, though this is dependent on the outcome of the election, with Donald Trump proposing a much more significant ...

New consultant at Frontier

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... property asset manager, valuer, and investment surveyor. Her experience has been gained at firms both in Australia and in the United Kingdom including Prime Commercial Properties, Henderson Global Investors and Lunson Mitchenall in London, and with the ...

Advice clients need greater clarity on fees: survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... factor (76%). The report findings are the result of an online survey undertaken by State Street and a2bplanning in the United States in August 2014 which was completed by a representative sample of 300 financial advisers and 300 individual investors ...