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Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... work and that it's possible to build a well-diversified ESG portfolio," O'Brien said. She added that TIAA's analysis found little to no difference in ESG index returns compared to those of broad market benchmarks and that incorporating ESG criteria in ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... that it removed it's phrase "economic growth is still expected to increase gradually over the next couple of years to a little above 3%." Moreover, while the RBA acknowledged that "further increases in US interest rates are expected and there is no longer ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... difference between the three-month LIBOR and the three-month US T-bill interest rate which measures credit risk - shows little fear of credit defaults as well. The spread's down to 29 basis points, less than half the recent high of 66 bps recorded in ...

New cash fund targets retirees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... mortgage trust, meaning investors don't have to settle for returns that barely beat inflation, he added. Investors with as little at $5000 can join the trust and upon redemption, have access to funds within seven days. Distributions will be automatically ...

The 2016 Census as a guide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Australia was in the midst of a recession; total population was just a little bit over 17 million; median house prices in Melbourne was $80,000 (in Sydney it was $115,825); there was rarely a traffic jam on the streets and you could take your pick of ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... of both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping to 10-month low of US$42.51 the day before - down 21.6% from the 2017 peak of ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... to 1.9% in the year to the March quarter from 1.8% in the December 2016 quarter. Using the same measure, this is just a little below America's GDP growth of 2% (year-on-year) in Q1 2017 from 1.9% in Q4 2016. While the region's unemployment rate (9.3% ...

Old technology costing advice industry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... tradeoff for if they don't use good technology." YTML principle Damien Murphy added that Excel, while useful, was doing little to assist advisers with their client engagement, noting: "It's not really a great image to present an excel spreadsheet to ...

The changing face of underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... has been working in. "It's effectively predictive underwriting through data analytics, which we've been looking at for a little while now. The work that we've done so far does demonstrate that it is extremely accurate," Dent said. MLC Life recently upgraded ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... growth figures. Looking forward, economic growth is still expected to increase gradually over the next couple of years to a little above 3 per cent." The latest figures take the annual growth rate in Australia's economy to 1.72% in the year to the March ...