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Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... returned to expansion in March as indicated by the rise in composite index to 52.5 (from 48.8 in the previous month) - the highest reading in eight months. The manufacturing PMI rose to a record high (since June 1997) of 63.0 in March (from 57.6 in February) ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... 2022 and 2.1% in 2023. However, this runs counter to sharply rising inflation expectations which are currently at their highest levels since 2013, sending US bond yields higher. Then again, the Fed was able to contain the taper tantrum of 2013 by keeping ...

Hyperion ETF goes live

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... performance fee above the benchmark (MSCI World Accumulation Index). The Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund delivered the highest return in the large-cap segment of 18.9% per annum in Rainmaker's latest wholesale managed funds report. Over ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... sending the economy falling to its first-ever recession in 29 years that sent the unemployment rate up to 7.5% -- the highest level in two years and two months. The economic contraction would have been worst and the rate of joblessness higher had it ...

PYSP reunites $4.3bn of lost super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... billion in the year ending June 2020, which is $7 billion lower than previous year. By state, New South Wales has the highest unclaimed superannuation (over $3 billion), followed by Victoria and Queensland (about $2 billion each). Western Australian ...

Crescent Foundation partnership to mentor refugees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... workplace and society. "They tend to be proportionately younger than the broader Australian population and display the highest degrees of entrepreneurialism, generating a far higher proportion of their income from their own businesses which in turn contributes ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. The Eurozone's equity market index rose to its highest level in a year and three weeks to 3,845.60 points - up by 0.6% on the day, 8.2% this year to date and a whopping 61.2% from ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... FUM for women, with over $74 billion. Aware Super is also the most popular fund among retired women. Funds that have the highest level of women's representation among their members were GuildSuper, HESTA and Mercy Super with 85%, 79% and 77% respectively. ...

BetaShares eyes expansion with new shareholder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... $46.8 million (22% of the $211 million fee revenue generated by ASX-listed ETFs) for the year ending September 2020 -- highest of all ETF issuers in Australia. TA Associates has previously invested in companies including PIMCO, Invesco, Russell Investments ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... and REI Super. Using APRA's June 2020 data, Rainmaker also delved into the demographics to see which funds have the highest number of female members; young female members; female retirees and so forth. Rest is the most popular fund for women with ...