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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Australia NAB business confidence The latest NAB business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is ...

Macquarie continues funds management reign: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
The annual report analyses the 500 largest investment managers around the world and looks for emerging trends. Macquarie continues to be Australia's largest funds manager with US$355 billion in assets under management. It was ranked 52 in the world ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Australia performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index bounced back into expansion territory with a reading of 50.9 in October after two months of contraction (below 50) - 46.9 in August 49.8 ...

CBA partners to capitalise on Chinese tourism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has teamed up with a leading mobile and online payment platform to provide payment solutions to Australian and Chinese consumers and retailers. CBA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alipay, operated by ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
A European asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management has launched a large cap China ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amundi's FTSE China A50 Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen ...

ANZ to sell Asian retail, wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
ANZ is set to sell its retail and wealth businesses across five Asian countries to a Singapore bank. ANZ has entered an agreement with DBS Bank to acquire ANZ's branch network across Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia. The transaction ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The US economy just recorded its fastest rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better ...

BTIM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
BT Investment Management has appointed a new non-executive director. Kathryn Matthews joins the BTIM board while also holding board positions at Hermes Fund Managers, Rathbone Brothers, J.P. Morgan Chinese Investment Trust, Aperam and the Montanaro ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank and Wells Fargo have embarked on the first global trade transaction between two independent banks via blockchain. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known ...

US and China family office giants to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Two major family offices in China and the US have discussed an ongoing collaboration. Wang Jianlin, China's richest man and owner of the multinational Wanda Group, met with LDJ Capital Multi-Family Office chair David Drake to discuss working together. ...