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Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... outcomes for emerging markets investors. After all, he said, "You can't buy a boat with a relative return. You need a fiscal dollar return after cost." In order to properly capture emerging markets, Vester said it was important to look at countries "starting ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary makes local and global hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Macquarie Funds Management, focused on fixed income, currency and commodities and had responsibility for Macquarie's Australian dollar currency hedging business, providing hedging services to Australian pension funds. He will report to Insight Australia ...

Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... constantly presenting women's wages as a function of men's wages perpetuates this. "Women earn 80 cents for every man's dollar. I think we need to flip that. I think we have to say to men, 'You earn $1.22 for every dollar a woman earns - you're getting ...

Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... 40% of life sales. In October 2016, Challenger entered into an annuity partnership with MS Private to provide Australian dollar annuity and life insurance products in Japan. Benari said the expansion into the Japanese annuity market has been successful ...

ASIC and CBA discussing potential advice problem

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
The hits keep coming for Commonwealth Bank with new details of problems within the bank that have cost customers and employees millions of dollars. Hours after the bank was forced to refund more than $10 million for mis-sold consumer credit insurance ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... expected to result in a slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." (RBA) "A lower New Zealand dollar is needed to increase tradables inflation and help deliver more balanced growth." (RBNZ) For its part, the RBI cut interest ...

Former investment bankers behind new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Two former senior JPMorgan and UBS investment bankers have joined forces to launch an online investment platform. Targeting investors seeking exposure to a wide range of asset classes in Australia, Rob Nankivell and Travis Miller said iPartners aims ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... of multi-asset and macro investing, Guy Stern, believes the asset management industry will soon stratify into trillion-dollar players and boutiques - with not much room for a middle ground. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the merger with Aberdeen ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... nor pulled higher by increased demand (due to rising employment and economic growth overall). Cost pushed. The Australian dollar's appreciation has reduced the costs of imported raw materials and, at the same time, cheapened "not made in Australia" products ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... rate has fallen by 1.3% this year to date and 13.1% since the 23 June 2016 Brexit referendum - down 12.0% against the US dollar; 15.4% versus the euro; and, down 7.8% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen since Brexit. The weaker pound has undoubtedly pushed up ...