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China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Timely or well-timed but the release of China's trade balance just as US President Trump lands in the Middle Kingdom should help partly assuage Donald's displeasure with the US-China trade imbalance. China's trade surplus contracted sharply to US$38.2 ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... there is in highly-active, alpha-driven products. What we're selling there is outside the mainstream: We're selling Asia, Europe, we have broad-based capabilities to deliver less traditional strategies. We're not competing with the passive managers," ...

AXA IM appoints APAC lead for real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... our global platform and advance our ambitions to expand internationally by providing us with a new senior deal maker in Europe, our largest territory and where we are the market leader, and a new head of Asia, one of our key growth markets." "These appointments ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
After three attempts over the past 10 years, the S&P/ASX 200 index finally got there - it broke above the formidable 6000-point resistance level. The Australian equity market's benchmark index closed up by 1% yesterday - a hefty day index return by ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... are utilising chat-bots and virtual assistants as part of their digital strategy. While this has become more prevalent in Europe in the last two years, many banks have been "disappointed by the tangible dollar value that they have been able to realise." ...

Former HUB24 executive joins global data provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
A former head of business development at HUB24 joined a global investment data and analytics firm. John Rowley, who led HUB24's business development and marketing strategy between 2011 and 2013, is now vice president - business development, Australia ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Bank of England (BOE) did what it said it would do -- it lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% following its 2 November monetary policy council meeting (MPC). The announcement marks the first time in more than a decade that the BOE raised ...

TCorp and Sunsuper buy UK airports

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... million passengers who fly through these two airports every year." OTPP is the largest private investor in airports in Europe, with holdings in five freehold airports. It has been an investor in Bristol and Birmingham Airports since 2001, increasing ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something ...

Investment boutique adds global SMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... the Global Growth Model is a concentrated portfolio of up to 25 global stocks in developed markets - primarily the US, Europe and UK - selected using PPM's stock selection approach. The approach uses three core concepts to identify financially strong ...