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Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... Board). Consumers' assessment of current and future labour market conditions also improved that, itself, was confirmed a few days later by the greater than expected increase in US non-farm payrolls in March. US employment surged by 916,000 during ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Healthier consumers are happier consumers are spending consumers. US consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in America in March last year. This is hardly surprising with cases of coronavirus infections ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... increased demand from investors. With reliable income highly sought after, Australian corporate loans are proving to be one of the few asset classes that offer both capital preservation and attractive risk-adjusted returns," Lockhart said. The appointments ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... pricing approaches to product management," Kulikov said. "The life insurance industry's deteriorating performance over the past few years, due mainly to IDII but not exclusively, has forced insurers to review their products and pricing with a greater ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
Northern Trust Asset Management's local business swelled its client assets by 70% last year as it added four new institutional mandates. The business has been in Australia for about five years, and currently employs seven people with another hire ...

Bennelong hires for new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... boutiques and investments compliance. She has been a strategic product consultant and product adviser with Bennelong for a few months before stepping into the chief client strategy officer role. Prior to that, Haqqani was director, insights and strategy ...

Not-so-Zuper: Super disruptor folds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... significant increase in the amount of regulatory change introduced by the federal government and regulatory bodies over the last few years," Diversa said. "These changes have increased the complexity and cost of administering superannuation funds resulting ...

Perpetual's Garry Laurence starts boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... strong free cashflow. Laurence said the boutique doesn't have a distribution partner and is wholly owned by him and a few others. He is not joined by any other staff from Perpetual's investment team.

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
Active fund managers still have a stronghold of the funds management landscape over passive strategies, overseeing US$2 out of every US$3, a new report finds. Calastone's latest research found that in Australia, inflows to active funds surged in ...

AustralianSuper introduces insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... poor member outcomes off the back of a hoard of super funds - Living Super, HESTA, MTAA Super and LUCRF Super to name just a few - for increasing premiums for little or no value. AustralianSuper group executive of strategy, brand and reputation Sarah ...