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NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... investment markets and the acquisition of Orchard Street Investment Management in the March 2015 half year. This increase was offset by lower investment earnings on retained earnings and lower investment margins due to MySuper transitions.

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... this "less positive" outlook on the jobs front on the back of the weakening US factory sector would be, at the very least, offset by the service sector. Perhaps not. Markit Economics' flash US Services PMI slowed from 55.1 in September to a less than ...

Perpetual sees institutional outflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... quarter. Perpetual also experienced outflows of $1 billion in Australian equities from the institutional channel which offset inflows of $400 million in Australian equities from the intermediary channel. In addition, there were net outflows of $100 million ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Challenger Life has recorded a 12% increase in annuity sales during the first quarter of the 2016 financial year when compared to the same period last year. Annuity sales in the three months to 30 September 2015 totaled $884 million, with retail sales ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... this inflows continued to be strongly positive, meaning that the loss of funds from market movements was almost completely offset by inflows." Total net inflows for the market in September was $503 million, slightly above the monthly average for the ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says low income earners lose out where subsidies are insufficient to offset the effectively higher average tax rate on superannuation contributions than on other earnings. "Aligning tax rates on contributions ...

Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... in that year. "Combined with increased earnings taxes on the higher level of savings around half of the long run cost is offset, making it highly affordable in its own right," the ISA statement said. According to a report released by the Australian Centre ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
The Future Fund has reported a 15.4% return for the year to 30 June 2015 and has dramatically increased its cash exposure to 19.5% as it expects higher volatility and lower global growth. The fund's cash exposure has increased from 11.2% to 19.5% in ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... upturn in state and local government spending, and an acceleration in nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by decelerations in private inventory investment [a positive for the future because inventories will have to be replenish] ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... in thirty years that the world's largest democracy had voted a single-party majority. Modi's plans for economic reform offset enthusiasm among investors, who were quick to increase their allocation in India and who anticipated fast economic growth. A ...