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Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... the largest IPOs for a listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust represents the next phase of Magellan's ongoing push towards the retail marke t, underscored by the group's three-year partnership with Cricket Australia. Magellan executive ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... generation is about 90% higher than the average - but this is likely to change. Part of the reason for this is the global push towards meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of ensuring a global temperature rise this century of no more than 2A,C. On top ...

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... "Australian investors say that they expect annual returns of 9.6% above inflation, which is a goal that would absolutely push them towards riskier assets, yet 81% said they prefer safety over performance, which does seem like a contradiction," Natixis ...

Former StatePlus MD joins Australian Ethical

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
Two billion dollar superannuation fund Australian Ethical continues to eye growth with the appointment of a new non-executive director to its board. Former StatePlus managing director Michael Monaghan brings more than 30 years' experience to the board ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Life insurers need "common sense" when designing more affordable products that are sustainable for consumers and will create sustainable businesses for financial advisers, according to a new ANZ whitepaper. ANZ Wealth's Life insurance: The case for ...

Technical Services Forum tackles super challenges

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... presentation, addressing aged care, was led by Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard. He addressed the Government's push to increase the level of home care - as opposed to residential care - in the aged care landscape, but questioned whether ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Politburo's endeavours (commands? or heads will roll) at decreasing excess capacity, reining in credit expansion and the push towards a cleaner environment, among others. To be sure, these weakening indicators raise concerns over how much slower the ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... job creation rate of about 270,000 (or 22,000 per month) in coming months, which is sufficient to see the unemployment rate push lower (all else unchanged)..." Forward orders increased from three to four last month driven by a large increase in manufacturing ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... Review, "Analysts at Commonwealth Bank recently suggested that a continued slide in the greenback could see the Aussie dollar push as high as US85c by the end of next year." Maybe the CBA is right. It's rationale for continued gains in the Australian ...