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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ streamline trade deal Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves climb to $70bn Australia's holdings of foreign reserves climbed 4% during 2015-16 to $70 billion, reports the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reserves held as foreign currency remained steady on 84% while holdings of gold increased ...

No more inquiries, says FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has advocated four-to-five-year government terms to end the "traffic jam of financial reform" which has cost the industry nearly $3 billion. Speaking at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership. Lawson ...

Tasplan and RBF merger confirmed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The Tasplan and RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme successor fund transfer will go ahead following support from the Tasmanian government. Tasplan currently manages $3.4 billion on behalf of 106,000 active members, with the merger and transfer of RBF ...

Property and infrastructure steer REST into positive territory

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
REST industry Super has delivered positive end of financial year results despite volatile global markets, a result the fund attributed to long term investments in property and infrastructure. For the financial year to 30 June 2016, the REST Super Core ...

Advisory firm appoints new CIO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
A former BT Financial Group portfolio management head has joined Viridian Financial Group as its new chief investment officer. Piers Bolger joins the firm as chief investment officer. He has more than 24 years' investment industry experience and was ...

Industry bodies back O'Dwyer reappointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
The industry has widely welcomed the reappointment of Kelly O'Dwyer into Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's refreshed cabinet. The former Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business sees her title change to Minister for Revenue and Financial ...

Magellan launches third ASX-quoted active fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Magellan Financial Group is launching an ASX-quoted version of its top-performing listed infrastructure fund. The Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged) is expected to commence trading on the ASX with the code MICH on 22 July 2016. The new exchange-quoted ...

Evans and Partners expands investment team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Evans and Partners has appointed a senior research analyst and research analyst to their international equities team. Joining established team members Stephen Arnold and Nick Cregan, James Hannam joins as a senior research analyst and Will Dowd as a ...