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MainstreamBPO heads to NY

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... development office for North America and potential Caribbean fund administration business. "We are positive on the growth outlook for hedge funds in North America in terms of assets under management. It is important for us to expand our presence and ...

Australian Unity fund acquires property in Port Adelaide

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... and diversify the fund through acquisition of new assets, as well as improving existing properties. We believe that the outlook for commercial property is positive and continue to look for opportunities for further acquisition and development. "With ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... previous month. Consumer expectations of economic conditions over the next 12 months dropped by 6.1% in July but the 5-year outlook was steady. While the unemployment expectations index increased to 1.9% in July from June (a negative for employment) ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... wary of the headwinds facing the sector." It said the banks remain fundamentally strong institutions and its cautious outlook compares to a favourable outlook on their credit quality and the fund invested heavily in the latest hybrid issues that offered ...

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Standard and Poor's (S&P) revised Australian sovereign rating outlook from 'stable' to 'negative' has also been extended to the Australian major banks. The outlook downgrade is the first move of any of the major ratings agencies over the past 25 years ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... not! This one's straight from S&P Global Ratings' press release: "On July 7, 2016, S&P Global Ratings revised its rating outlook on the Commonwealth of Australia to negative from stable. At the same time, we affirmed our 'AAA' long-term and 'A-1+' short-term ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... countercyclical capital buffer rate from 0.5% to 0% of banks' UK exposures with immediate effect. Absent any material change in the outlook, and given the need to give banks the clarity necessary to facilitate their capital planning, the FPC expects ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... one. Uncertainties that would hit consumer and business confidence and undermine what was Australia's improving economic outlook. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets tomorrow to deliberate on monetary policy. It's almost certain to keep policy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... rates by 25 bps to a fresh record low of 1.25% on the 9th of June. However, the government remains gloomy on the country's outlook. It recently cut its 2016 GDP growth forecast to 2.8% from 3.1% (projected in December) and expects inflation of 1.1% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... May reading of 94.7 - with consumers reporting they were less optimistic about both current conditions and the future outlook. Japan retail sales It seems Japan cannot get a break. Safe haven flows into the yen following Brexit has strengthened the Japanese ...