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Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... New Perspective fund focuses on trends in global trade and economic and political relationships rather than specific industries or regions. The newly available fund is a unit trust that follows an unconstrained global investment approach focusing on ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... levels which highlights the disconnect between perception and reality. "Stress is even more acute in higher-beta sectors/industries. Long investment-grade corporates, the energy subsector and lower-rated high yield are at valuations also consistent with ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... common across financial services, with the general insurance, banking, customer-owned banking and insurance broking industries all operating similar processes to develop their own codes of practice," Loane said. "This will be the first Code of Practice ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... outgoing directors Geoff Baldwin and Gary Humphrys. Skarott has more than 55 years' experience in the energy and finance industries, having been chief executive and company secretary for Electricity Credit Union between 1973 and 2008. He was also the ...

NZ Super announces merger mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... returns over the long-term by realising value from targeted merger and acquisition deals across a broad cross section of industries, and managing any risks, including the potential for any individual deal failure. NZ Super Fund chief investment officer ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... investment in the space but that policies would be more effective if government listened to practitioners in the respective industries, learning from what has gone before and worked overseas. "To get greater investment in technology we need the right ...

Perpetual launches wholesale global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... located outside Australia, investors have the opportunity to access companies operating in different regions - and industries - than what they would traditionally find in Australia," said Perpetual global equities portfolio manager Garry Laurence. "As ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... in Australia are at high risk of digital disruption in the next 20 years with financial services high on the list of industries most likely to be impacted. The report estimated that more than 128,000 jobs in the industry are risk of disappearing in the ...

Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... already, superannuation funds have been given another hint that addressing Australia's growing aged care and healthcare industries will become a priority. Australian Industry Group chief economist Julie Toth said healthcare was the sleeping giant of ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... last night the A$/US$ exchange rose to US$0.7178 from US$0.7039 - eroding domestic exporters' and import-competing industries' competitiveness and putting downward pressure on inflation. Good news because continued decline in the US dollar would provide ...