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Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... previous quarter. The BOC now projects GDP growth of 2.8% in 2017, 2% next year and 1.6% in 2019. More importantly, "the output gap is now projected to close around the end of 2017, earlier than the Bank anticipated in its April Monetary Policy Report ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Australian banks are one of the best performing sectors for climate-related disclosure and sustainability reporting according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. In its 10th annual corporate sustainability report, which assesses the ...

Human Super appoints inaugural chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... to both reconnect Australian women with their superannuation and - more importantly - help them address the superannuation gap they face," Helyar-Moray told Financial Standard. "Employing digital prompts based on each woman's psychological profile and ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
Global equity index provider MSCI will add China A shares to two of its indices starting June 2018. More than 220 China A large cap stocks will be incorporated to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will ...

Equip confirms merger, names CEO and directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... the fund. "We have established a clear and unique position in the corporate superannuation marketplace, which bridges the gap between profit-for-member industry funds and retail master trusts," Fairley said. "This is a strong signal to other major corporate ...

Old technology costing advice industry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... Microsoft Excel as a dependency in the advice process. YTML co-founder and chief operating officer Piew Yap said this software gap is preventing advisers from taking advantage of the time and cost saving measures which updated and tailored technology ...

Gen Y leading retirement readiness: research

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... Xers and 30% of baby boomers. The findings came out of RaboDirect's Super & Retirement Report, which noted an "expectations gap" between what respondents believed they would need to fund their lifestyles in retirement and how much they expected to have ...

Retail funds closing in on return gap

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
The five-year performance gap between not-for-profit and retail funds has narrowed to 130 basis points, according to Rainmaker SelectingSuper research. While the one-year gap to April 2017 widened to 70 basis points, overall retail funds have performed ...

Financial Standard to expand into Marketing and Communications educational content

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... and demographic trends," Financial Standard director of media and publisher Michelle Baltazar said. "We've identified that gap in the market and will now be offering a dedicated content platform. It is going to be an extensive database of literature ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... prices and interest rate gaps - monetary policy divergence between the US and the Eurozone and Japan. "Closing this policy-path gap will likely engender higher financial volatilities than are currently priced in." "Financial vulnerabilities continue ...