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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit widened to A$3.4 billion in February, an 8% increase from the previous month's A$3.2 billion shortfall and disappointing consensus expectations for an improvement to a A$2.5 billion trade gap. Exports ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... (ACSA), Northern Trust recorded a 28% growth in total assets under custody for Australian investors in the six months to 31 Dec 2015 - totaling $306 billion.

Hunter Hall appoints non-executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Listed fund manager Hunter Hall International has appointed an independent non-executive director. Taking on the role is David Groves, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company ...

Lazard lowers minimum investments on two funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Lazard Asset Management has lowered the minimum investments for two of its funds. Investors can now get access to the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund and the Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Fund for an initial outlay of $20,000. The move brings ...

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Blue Sky Venture Capital has financed the first capital raise for wine website Vinomofo, committing $25 million to support overseas growth for the Australian business. The capital raise coincides with Vinomofo launching its business lite model to six ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Australian retail sales Retail spending showed no change in the month of February. This is lower than market expectations for a 0.4% lift, marking the third month in a row of disappointing retail sales - up 0.3% in January versus expectations for a ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Australian funds management group, Pengana has announced that its Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund (PARAPF) has moved to daily pricing. The move brings the fund's pricing, and processing of applications and redemptions in line with the rest ...

HSBC joins mFund service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
HSBC's online share trading platform has joined the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFund settlement service. The ASX said today's announcement brings the number of mFund distribution partners to 18, and there are now 22 mFund issuers or responsible ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
For the first time since 2009, alternative assets have eclipsed equities for the largest asset class share among institutional investment mandates in Australia. That pivotal moment occurred during the final quarter of 2015, and it reflects a trend seen ...