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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
The Future Fund has celebrated its tenth anniversary by passing a significant funds under management milestone after achieving ahead of target performance numbers. At 30 June the flagship Future Fund reached $122.8 billion in funds under management ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has fired back at Life Insurance Customer Group member Mark Dunsford who claims the reforms contained in the Life Insurance Framework are designed purely to benefit life companies and banks. In ...

NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... after NGS Super's intensive scrutiny and market benchmarking. We're looking forward to working with CEO Anthony Rodwell-Ball, Ben Squires, senior manager investments and finance and the NGS team to manage funds on their members' behalf. We understand ...

New board members, partnership for BondAdviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
BondAdviser has made two key board appointments and has partnered with a national independently owned financial advisory firm. BondAdviser has appointed Steve Dammerer as chair and Graeme Abram as a non-executive director. Dammerer has over 30 years' ...

New Bentleys director to encourage growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Bentleys NSW has appointed a new director to focus on growing key sectors and attracting new business. Current Zeobond chief executive Jannie van Deventer will assist in driving the wealth management firm's strategy to "broaden and strengthen capabilities ...

LGS appoints new board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new director following the resignation of a long-standing board member. Gordon Brock will commence on the LGS board of directors on 1 September, replacing Martin O'Connell who resigned after 17 years of service. ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Future Generation Investment Company (FGX) and Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) have delivered their first full year results. FGX has reported a 28.6% lift in after-tax profit, jumping to $14.62 million from $11.37 million last year. ...

AMP Capital boosts Infrastructure Equity team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
AMP Capital has bolstered its London-based Infrastructure Equity team with a senior hire. Philip Pacey has been appointed as a principal, joining the asset management team within AMP Capital's global infrastructure platform which has assets in transport ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in July - in line with market expectations - following a 0.2% gain in the previous month. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively while personal ...