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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
China vehicle sales China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

Leadership shuffle at State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
State Super recently introduced its new executive lineup, promoting several senior staff internally. Joining the fund in August 2015 as head of unlisted assets and alternatives, Richard Hedley becomes chief investment officer. With more than 20 years' ...

New product simplifies APRA reporting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
A global technology firm is providing an automated compliance reporting solution for financial services organisations in accordance with APRA security guidelines. Tenable Network Security has developed the solution which will assist management, security ...

PIMCO enters private credit joint venture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
PIMCO is developing and expanding its private credit platform by entering a joint venture with a US investment adviser. The venture with Solar Capital Partners is the result of a relationship between PIMCO and Solar Capital Partners that was initiated ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Growth in life insurers' individual risk business was "virtually static" in the three years to 30 June 2016, research reveals. The Health and Wellness Report, published by Strategic Insight (formerly Plan for Life), highlights that while individual ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

HLB Mann Judd builds Melbourne presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Accountants and business advisers HLB Mann Judd Melbourne made two new appointments. Adrian Kelly joined as a partner in HLB Mann Judd's audit and assurance services divisions, while Bruce McMenamin was appointed as a director in the corporate and business ...

Tasplan launches lifecycle default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Tasplan now offers a lifecycle default super option, becoming one of the select industry funds to provide such a service. The new option, Tasplan OnTrack, is designed to reallocate members' funds over their lives to gradually reduce sequencing risk ...