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L1 Capital prepares for LIC IPO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
L1 Capital appointed a syndicate of broking firms as it prepares to float its Long Short Fund listed investment company. NAB will lead the IPO, while Crestone, Morgans, Morgan Stanley, Ord Minnett, Taylor Collison and Wilsons will serve as co-lead managers ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
Self-managed superannuation fund members have driven the La Trobe Financial Credit Fund to more than $2 billion in funds under management, tripling its size in three years. The fund, which sits on more than 10 platforms and 200 approved product lists ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The latest NAB business survey indicates that Australian business conditions and confidence started the year 2018 on a stronger footing and before the wailing on Wall Street happened in early February, providing succour to the domestic economy should ...

J.P. Morgan veteran joins Plato IM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Plato Investment Management is welcoming a former J.P. Morgan Asset Management managing director and professional rugby player to its ranks. David Allen joins Plato's investment team and reports to managing director Don Hamson. He previously held multiple ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... some time, reflecting low growth in labour costs and strong competition in retailing." The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on domestic consumer prices showed little change. Australian headline inflation accelerated a tad to 1.9% ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
In the wake of recent financial services and bank scandals, job opportunities in risk management and compliance within the sector are forecast to boom in 2018, Robert Walters' latest salary survey shows. With large-scale remediation projects in banking ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... informed by incoming data." But while the Fed has changed its outlook on inflation, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on domestic consumer prices showed very little "plus ca change", suggesting no "plus ca change" in RBA monetary policy ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... GDP) and inflation. Australia, too, will get a big market moving number tomorrow when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases fourth quarter figures on consumer prices. But while we wait, the Philippines and more specifically, its president ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
First, the good news: The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) latest update on the country's labour market confirmed the continued strengthening in the labour market. Total employment increased by 34,700 in the month of December -- more than twice ...