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The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
"This is the moment; this is the day When I send all my doubts and demons on their way. Every endeavor I have made ever Is coming into play, is here and now today." -Donny Osmond, 'This is the moment" Well, Wednesday (14 December 2016), to be precise ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Database unlocks global infrastructure opportunities

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
The Global Infrastructure Hub is launching an online database to give the private sector free information about government infrastructure projects around the globe. Project Pipeline will provide early stage visibility of potential projects and will ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
While Chinese investment in Australia has received substantial attention over the past few years, Japan is still the biggest Asia-Pacific offshore investor, a new FSC and Perpetual report reveals. The 2016 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border ...

Russell signs deal with top China manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Russell Investments has entered into a partnership with China's largest fund manager. China Asset Management (ChinaAMC), which manages nearly $200 billion in assets, will advertise Russell's global multi-asset and multi-sector solutions to its institutional ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Australia AiG performance of services It wasn't as sharp as the 3.3 point increase in the manufacturing index to 54.2 in November, but the AiG performance of services index's 0.6 point rise to 51.1 continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...

QIC inks deal with Chinese asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
QIC has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of China's largest asset managers. Ping An Asset Management Company (PAAMC), the asset management subsidiary of China's second-largest insurer, Ping An Insurance, represents the first relationship ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Australia is falling behind its global counterparts when it comes to returns to economy and performance of built assets, according to the 2016 Global Build Asset Performance Index. Released by Arcadis and developed in conjunction with the Centre for ...