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Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
"My fellow Australians, ask not what your country can do for the Australian dollar, ask what the Australian dollar can do for your country." That's me bastardising John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as the 35th US President back in 1961 (before I was ...

FIIG Securities appoints Deutsche manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... an exciting time," Hunter-Brown said. Earlier this month, FIIG Securities established its first offshore subsidiary in Europe, promoting a senior executive to lead the new business. The Malta-based subsidiary gives FIIG the ability to operate in all ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) 26 April Governing Council meeting produced unchanged monetary policy settings yet again, marking the 26th month of inaction. The eurozone's interest rates haven't changed - repo rate at 0.0%; deposit facility at -0.40% ...

IFM partners to launch global property manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
An Australian-based global fund manager with more than $105 billion under management has established a joint venture company with an unlisted property fund manager. IFM Investors and Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) have established International ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... my piece; there is more to agriculture than its 3% contribution to Australian economy and therefore any FTA signed with Europe would be of great significance for the domestic economy. I've reproduced Scott's email below: On Monday 23 April, Chief Economist ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... of us). Too, Malcolm must be wishin' and hopin' and prayin' that he gets a win on his free trade negotiations (FTA) with Europe. According to the Australian Financial Review, "the Europeans are still some months away from agreeing on their opening negotiation ...

Global manager sells distribution platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... position of the solutions provider in international funds distribution. The deal is set to increase MFEX's market share in Europe and Asia. Axeltis is set to join a specialist distribution services group as part of the long-term deal, which would allow ...

Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... companies acquire clients. Avoka measured digital sales readiness for the 50 largest banks across Australia, North America and Europe for products across three segments: personal banking, business banking and wealth management. Eleven of the 50 banks ...

CFSGAM prepares IPO, names board candidates

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... appointed as an executive director of the board. CFSGAM, known as First State Investments outside of Australia, has offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. As at 31 December 2017, CFSGAM managed $219 billion of assets on behalf of institutional investors ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... only), the Global Fund (long-short) and the Asia Fund (long-short). "The UCITS funds are targeted towards investors in Europe and Asia where Antipodes is seeing demand for its high-conviction, risk-aware approach," Findlay said. "The investment team ...