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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...

HUB24 opens doors to global direct equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... investors on its platform to purchase direct international securities. Providing access to 14 markets in North America, Europe and Asia, the new service complements HUB24's existing international managed portfolio suite. HUB24 managing director Andrew ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

Challenger distribution chief departs for start-up role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... officer. Prior to that, he held multiple senior roles at MLC over 14 years, including chief executive wealth management, Europe, chief executive MLC Building Society and general manager Y2K Project. "Paul Rogan has made a significant contribution to ...

Asset managers must consider multi-asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... Global Edition found that a shift in focus to selling multi-asset and discretionary fund managers (DFMs) could benefit Europe's asset managers as the outsourcing of investment management continues to rise. The research found that more than 41% of independent ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... exporters. All these would be of no consequence for emerging markets if the United States grows strongly - and China and Europe and Japan - there'll be demand for their produce...everybody wins. But not if Trump follows through on his protectionist' ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A hedge fund administration business based in Malta is being acquired by an Australian administrator looking to continue its growth strategy and expanding global footprint. ASX-listed MainstreamBPO is purchasing the European arm of Alter Domus' hedge ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... part of the digital economy," Garnaut said. "The absolute level of savings in China is as large as the United States and Europe put together and as China's weight in the world economy has increased, global savings have increased. The balance between ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
US existing home sales Are American homebuyers front-running the expected increase in the fed funds rate next month? Existing home sales jumped by 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 5.6 million units in October. This is the highest level ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... institutional and retail investors. In fact the 2016 European SRI Study found that between 2013-2015 retail impact investments in Europe had grown from 20269 to 96239, that's a growth if +385% in just two years. "The study showed that retail is now about ...