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State Street star promoted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
One of State Street Global Advisors' most well-known fund managers will relocate to Boston to take up a leading role. Olivia Engel, head of active quantitative equity for Asia-Pacific, has been appointed as deputy chief investment officer of SSgA's ...

Google serving to restore trust in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
In a move that will make it easier for consumers to choose a financial adviser, Google star ratings will now appear in search result listings alongside individual advisers' names. Aggregated reviews of advisers on the Adviser Ratings site will now appear ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Growth and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction. Preliminary estimates show that the region's GDP expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, quicker than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
NAB's cautious optimism over Australian business conditions (see "Five minutes of sunshine?" report in this section), should be allayed by the Reserve Bank of Australia's private sector credit report. Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australian business confidence surges in December but confidence is unmoved. This is the message from the NAB monthly business survey. The business confidence jumped to a reading of 11 in December from 6 in the previous month. The first double-digit ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Former Oracle exec joins Decimal executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Decimal Software appointed a new key accounts director. Sue Landers joins the ASX-listed digital advice provider from database company MarkLogic, where she was regional manager for Australia and New Zealand. In that role she delivered enterprise services ...

Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Markets don't expect the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to alter monetary policy settings after it concludes its 30-31 January meeting. Just as well for indications remain ambivalent. Sunrise. Manufacturing activity expansion accelerates. The Nikkei Japan flash ...