07/29/2016

Bangladesh on elevated growth path: Citi

The manufacturing sector grew the most by 10.1 percent followed by the services sector and agriculture, which grew 6.7 percent and 2.6 percent respectively in the last fiscal year, Citi said on Wednesday.

07/29/2016

No room for complacency in distribution

The aim has been to expand beyond HSBC’s retail banking and wealth management business – albeit this remains the foundation distributor and integral to the business.

07/28/2016

Australia Is Seeing A 'Super Spike' In Infrastructure Investment

That’s the view of George Tharenou, Scott Haslem and Jim Xu, economists at UBS, who believe that it’ll provide a useful medium-term buffer for the Australian economy, particularly at a time when many are wondering what will drive economic grow

07/28/2016

New research delivers cautionary note on super draw-downs

Commenting on the findings, the convenor of the Retirement Income Working Group, Anthony Asher, said the data confirmed research from other sources that a significant minority of retirees had, in recent years, run out of retirement savings before death.

07/26/2016

Facilitating a more conducive investment landscape

Kevin Talbot of Aviva Investors explains how the firm's outcome-focused philosophy is also a positive way to encourage investors to think, in a world where longer term and needs-based conversations are necessary.

07/26/2016

Longevity Risk Top Priority For Apac Pension Funds

With three of the APAC economies Japan, Singapore and Australia being among the top five countries with the longest average life expectancies, pension funds' confidence in their liability valuations has been seriously challenged.