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APRA sets new capital target for the big four

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... "quite high by international and historical standards" and said ADIs would need to immediately take steps to reduce this figure to below 30%. It also follows pressure on banks' valuations post-Budget when the Government introduced a levy of 0.015% of ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

AustralianSuper posts annual investment results

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... taxes and fees, the investment option returned 12.44% for the 2016-17 financial year. According to AustralianSuper, this figure represents the fourth year out of five with double digit returns, and the eighth consecutive year of positive returns since ...

Vamos joins Mercer board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... delivery to our clients is being overseen by the best talent the industry has to offer," Walsh said. "Pauline is a leading figure and influencer within the financial services industry and is known for driving policy, governance and regulation excellence ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... Instruments Directive (MiFID II) policies globally - for those firms delegating portfolio management to a third country, this figure rises to 90%. These findings are based on a survey conducted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... in line with the five-year rolling return of 10% cementing very positive sentiment across the superannuation sector (see Figure 1). The strong investment returns come just at the time when the superannuation market is bracing itself for the impact of ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... return over a 12-month period," BNY Mellon global real return portfolio manager Suzanne Hutchins said. Of the total dollar figure needed to overhaul infrastructure in the US, 80% will be funded by issuance of US municipal bonds. Standish Mellon president ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
The US Department of Justice is seeking to recover about $2 billion in assets misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in a scandal with ties to the Malaysian prime minister's stepson and US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, among other notable ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Central bank decisions, forward guidance or even a word change in policy statements move markets. Not that anyone has to be reminded about this truism of course. The world's four major central banks - the Fed, the ECB, the BOJ and the BOE - and the ...