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Sunsuper hires AustralianSuper portfolio construction manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... that position since 2009. Prior to joining AustralianSuper, Tse was a research fellow of econometrics and business statistics at Monash University in Melbourne and spent three years as an investment analyst for Tactical Global Management in Brisbane. ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This is the very reason why the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us that the trend estimate "is the best source of information for forecasting or making decisions about what to ...

Mercer enters new engagement era

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... as we know it. The need for a technology-driven, service-oriented business model is heightening," Godfrey said. "The statistics clearly show the challenges super funds face in engaging members. The average Australian spends 535 hours playing computer ...

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... the superannuation industry at an interesting moment. He graduated with an Arts degree and majors in Economics and Statistics from the University of Adelaide in 1981. "At that time there was a bit of a recession going on. In those days, you put your ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... comparisons for Australia when it comes to old-age poverty, Laura determined to find ways to improve the current ACOSS statistics that places 35% of Australians over 65 as living in poverty," he said. Bielinko considered the growing gap between life ...

Women to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... 'Barriers to Achieving Financial Gender Equity', at the Inspire Community of Practice Breakfast yesterday. The research and statistics revealed that far too many women fall behind on their savings and retire in poverty - despite the same research showing ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... howls of protest come when China reports growth numbers that are better-than-expectations. So it was when the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealed that third quarter GDP expanded by 6.9% -- a miss on the government's 7.0% target and the slowest ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... want people that know they can be a good operator when the chips are down." Turning to the future, Sowerby points to statistics showing considerable growth in institutional allocations to alternative assets as reasons to be optimistic about the firm's ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap was a persistent flaw in Australia's super savings system. The ABS data shows ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent yuan devaluation) ...