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On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

Westpac chair joins boutique manager board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... management team. I look forward to working with the company as it continues on its strong growth trajectory." In August the North-Sydney based fund manager launched its first listed investment trust, the MCP Master Income Trust, to retail investors. ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... the yuan/$US exchange rate dipped by 0.4% on the day the data were released (but these could also be due to the renewed US-North Korean tensions.) Still, a slightly longer view shows that the Shanghai Composite index have risen by 8.6% this year to date ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... as much more negative than three months ago - likely reflecting sharp increases in energy costs and developments around North Korea. The only material improvement was around jobs where news was viewed much less negatively than in June." Sentiment on ...

Arnhem strengthens investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... 10 years in New York combined with his vast specialist research into the consumer discretionary and retail sectors across North America, Europe and Australasia, Bertrand brings unique global insights to our client portfolios and we are confident that ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... economic activity, so why the deterioration in confidence? NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, explains: "escalating tensions with North Korea may have contributed to the move this month..." But this isn't consistent with the brief and relatively small ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... 10-year US Treasuries and the US dollar, they all fell down last week as investors feared an escalation of tensions with North Korea - after its testing of a hydrogen bomb - and closer to home, the likely repair bill from Hurricane Irma at the same time ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... said it's dangerous to attempt to orient one's investment decisions around political ephemera - citing Donald Trump and North Korean hostilities as examples. "Your ultimate question should be around what's going on with individual companies," she explained. ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... the research, the world's top 300 pension funds now represent 43.2% of global pension assets, rising from 42.5% in 2015. North American funds showed the most noticeable annualised growth rate over the last five years, growing by 6.7% during the period. ...

AMP and Challenger ink annuities deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... term annuities along with its Liquid Lifetime and CarePlus product suites. These products will also be accessible in AMP's North and MyNorth platforms along with AMP Flexible Super and SignatureSuper. Challenger chief executive, distribution, product ...