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Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... to assets under management, and like in 2018, several Australian funds again made the cut. However a struggling Aussie dollar - which lost 10% against the US dollar across 2018 - saw 14 of those super funds go backwards in this year's rankings, while ...

Life insurance leaders fear for industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
Some of the biggest names in Australia's life insurance sector have shared their biggest concerns for the future of the industry. Appearing on a panel at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers National Conference, Zurich chief distribution officer ...

Melbourne firm expands in US

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... the joint venture has identified as its first investment. The stock has fallen from over $46 per share in 2011 to under a dollar currently.

Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... to be more responsive to market movements, such as a perceived large undervaluation or overvaluation of the Australian dollar," he said. This reflects the downtrend in the Australian dollar - from above US$0.80 in 2017 survey to about US$0.70 two years ...

Treasurer moves on broker remuneration

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... down by borrowers instead of the loan amount, banning campaign and volume-based commissions and payments and capping soft dollar benefits. It will also limit the period over which commissions can be clawed back from aggregators and mortgage brokers to ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... that they can "speak" without knowing or asking what I am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have a very strong dollar and a very weak Fed. I will work "brilliantly" with both, and the U.S. will do great..." "....My only question is, who is our ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... aftermath of Cambridge Analytica scandal, where Facebook users' private data was compromised: Facebook saw a $119 billion dollar drop in its stock price - the largest single-day loss in market history. "CalSTRS has engaged with Facebook on numerous occasions ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
A major industry superannuation fund has awarded a $150 million mandate to a London-based investment manager. Sunsuper selected Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) to manage its first green bond mandate, which aims to achieve financial returns ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... since the BOJ's last board meeting, the Japanese currency has appreciated by 2.2% to ¥106.28 versus an appreciating US dollar (+0.3% since and +2.1 ytd, based on Bloomberg's US dollar spot index). The ¥/US$ exchange rate is up 2.8% this year ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... - have prompted the government unveil counter-cyclical measures. In addition to lowering its yuan fixing versus the US dollar, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) now announced it will be "reforming and improving the formation mechanism of LPR [loan ...