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Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Alternative risk premia mandates from institutional investors decreased slightly last financial year, but it's hardly a global slowdown, according to an international investment consultant. The latest asset manager intelligence and market trends ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the long weekend holiday - AFL Grand Final holiday on September 28, Labour Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Another month, another strong US labour market report. The time before US President Donald Trump would have had consumers, businesses and investors everywhere dancing in the streets and singing hallelujah. This is due to the rationale that the US economy's ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper's infrastructure investment portfolio now exceeds $13 billion following its joint acquisition of WestConnex in New South Wales. AustralianSuper members are now part owners in a $9.26 billion integrated transport project that will ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A Canadian pension fund managing more than C$350 billion made its first Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
The chairman of NRMA has been appointed to the board of a $25 billion international equities manager. Platinum Asset Management is welcoming Tim Trumper to its board, with the NRMA chairman set to begin his tenure as a non-executive director at Platinum ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Credit Suisse appointed a new head of private banking Australia, promoting from within. Currently market leader at Credit Suisse Private Banking Australia, Michael Marr will lead the business from August 1. He replaces Alex Wade who, since January 2017 ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... to Trump's not so subtle remarks. Our problem, Houston, is what happens in America does not stay there. The Bank of Canada (BOC) can thank its lucky stars there's no Trump to "guide" its policy decisions and more importantly, its next-door neighbour's ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Shots fired! Shots fired! The threat of a trade war became real on 6 July 2018, when at exactly 12:01 am (NY time), the US imposed a 25% tariff on US$34 billion of Chinese imports to which China immediately responded with a percent-for-percent and dollar-for-dollar ...