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Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... consumers back in the shops, business sentiment and activity are lifting. The NFIB business optimism index increased to a seven-month high reading of 104.0 in September. The ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices have both returned back to readings ...

Statewide appoints new chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... technology and security at Sunsuper. David Cook will step into the role at the $10 billion industry fund. He spent a total of seven years at Sunsuper, six of those as head of technology strategy and chief security officer, departing in 2016. Cook then ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... 50 reading), the composite PMI index has sequentially improved from a record low reading of 25.8 in April this year to a seven-month high of 46.6 in September. The manufacturing PMI has risen from an 11-year low of 38.4 in May 47.7 - also the highest ...

Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... all investors, Sunsuper's balanced option has consistently outperformed the industry average over rolling three, five, seven and 10 years." The research house said it was reassuring that Sunsuper did not run into any problems with demand for liquidity ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... figures show the annual growth in fixed asset investment is now back in the black since the pandemic - up by 0.8% following seven straight months of contraction and a sharp recovery from the 24.5% drop recorded in February this year. The strengthening ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... sixth and seventh spots respectively. Forrester Research, a US market research firm, surveyed more than 2800 members of the seven super funds at the thick of the pandemic from May to July. The research firm took a deep dive in finding out how super funds ...

CBA executive pay voted in

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... remuneration framework which reduces overall maximum executive pay by 19% and increases Comyn's vesting period to a maximum seven years. "Our objectives in making these changes include attracting and retaining exceptional talent, meeting the spirit of ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... SolarEdge Technologies, East Japan Railway, Citrix, Tesla, and Enphase Energy, based on a positive screening process. Over a seven-year period, it delivered 11.9% p.a., outperforming its benchmark by 5.9% p.a. (as at June 2020).

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... said. "Yet under this government, there are 140,000 fewer people doing an apprenticeship or traineeship than there were seven years ago. We want to equip every Australian with the skills for a good secure job." If elected, Albanese said the Labor party ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... Some 4% of all asset owner signatories made it to the 2020 list, compared to just 1% of investment managers. There were seven other Oceania-based signatories that made the list, including Australian Ethical Investment, Aware Super, CBUS, Dexus, Lendlease ...