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Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Challenger will welcome a head of fixed income from Aberdeen Asset Management. Current Aberdeen head of fixed income for Asia Pacific, Victor Rodriguez will join Challenger in April to lead its fixed income portfolio capabilities for Challenger Life ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Latest data show that UK retail spending dropped big time in December. Total retail sales declined by 1.9% over the month of December following a 0.1% decrease in the previous month. This much sharper than market expectations for a 0.1% dip and is the ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Don't worry, be happy. Preliminary estimates show that the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -4.9 in January from -5.1 in the previous month. While ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Boutique fund manager Supervised Investments named its new chief executive this month, a former Fidelity Investments Australia chief executive and managing director. Joining in November 2016, Supervised Investments' new chief executive is Michael Ohlsson. ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Pointing to an increased focus on the development of a long-term ESG strategy, QSuper appointed an ESG governance strategist. Claire Molinari joined the $65 billion fund in December 2016 following a six-month stint with the Queensland Department of ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
They've tried to take away his thumbs from twitter when he was Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. Still, he prevailed and from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. ...

BT licensee head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
BT Financial Group confirmed its head of licensee development left the group. A BT spokesperson said Annick Donat exited the role in December 2016, with BT national manager - licensee and offer development Jessica Brady now acting in the position. Donat ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...

Second Sydney airport lacking investment return

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Sydney Airport is unlikely to participate in building a second airport at 'Badgerys Creek' due to an extremely low return on investment in the early years, leaving questions over which infrastructure investors will commit to the project. A Standard ...

Housing market faces heavy downside risk

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Far from being a stable asset, Australian residential property carries considerable risk, according to a new Auscap report. Auscap's analysis noted the general wisdom that because residential property prices haven't experienced a "broad decline" since ...