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Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... course, brought back trepidation over an escalation of the trade war) and most recently he went on attack against his own central bank - the US Federal Reserve. Apparently, in his mind the Fed's rate rises are undermining "all that we have done". ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Adviser Big Day Out roadshow which started in Queensland this month and will now travel to Bendigo, Geelong, Newcastle, Central Coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Cairns and Hobart.

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... little forward guidance - it was mainly a playback of what markets already know and have speculated about since the US central bank's June policy meeting or in former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld words - they're known knowns. He was optimistic ...

Westpac investment arm awards real estate mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... Principal Global Investors manages $613 billion of assets for public and private pension funds, foundations and endowments, central banks, insurance companies, sub-advisory arrangements, sovereign wealth funds and individual portfolios across 75 coun ...

Crypto exchange enters superannuation market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... in the crypto sphere for about five years, RBA head of payments policy Tony Richards said, adding it works with other central banks as well as interacts with big and small entities active in cryptocurrency. In March, it was reported complex cryptocurrency ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... Equities have overtaken bonds in the portfolios of sovereign wealth investors, according to Invesco which interviewed 126 central bank and sovereign wealth managers. Asia Pacific sovereign wealth investors are eyeing alternative investments and picking ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... past few years," she said. "In EM, the picture is quite different. Many individual countries are growing fast, and most central banks are not hiking rates. In fact, those that have been hiking have broadly been defending their currencies. Also, much ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... look at the US non-farm payrolls report released over the weekend. It was good. Nah, it was excellent, the stuff of every central bank's dream. US non-farm payrolls increased by a significantly more than expected 213,000 in June after growing by ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... surround the asset class. Australian property prices are cooling, households have racked up record levels of debt, the central bank may be crawling towards a rate hike and some banks have already raised rates. Phil Carden, who runs the $50 million global ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... Clapham served as AXA Investment Managers' head of consultant relations and the head of sovereign wealth funds and central banks (Asia), insto sales. He will focus on building new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships with institutional ...