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US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... value when the home is sold. To do this, it raises capital from institutional investors. To this end it has tied up with third-party distributor Akindred which was set up by former head of Credit Suisse Asset Management Will Britten. It has raised roughly ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... questions relating to their life insurance APLs, their intention to broaden the options and if they receive payments from third party life insurers, amongst other things. The report includes responses from MLC Advice, Commonwealth Bank and IOOF, gathered ...

Another winter of Australian discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... industry is suffering the ongoing severe impacts of drought" with many of Australia's grain-producing regions facing their third straight year of "severely drought- affected production". "This means that the tough times are getting tougher and the ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... latest rankings of global pension systems. According to the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Australians enjoy the third best retirement system in the world, up a single place from 2018. The report - which is supported by the Victorian government ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... 59.1% and 10.3% of the industry population respectively," the report said. "Looking at geographical mandates, just under a third of the hedge fund managers based in Hong Kong focus on the Greater China region. Global and Asia, including Japan, mandates ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... widening and that is not a good thing. Most of our courses - and we have sold a few - under 20 of them are now in the bottom third of the UK, in and around London and Surry and those commuter belts around London. They are the areas of the most significant ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... weakness is providing support to the UK economy. Case in point, concerns that the UK economy will slip into a recession in the third quarter have been eased by stronger-than-expected monthly GDP growth figures. The report shows that after contracting ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... raised from 3% to 5%) and then to 236.1% (when the tax was again lifted from 5% to 8%). Will history repeat or will it be third time lucky? The uncertainty created by the on-going US-China stoush provides no help for Japan's external sector. More ...

Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act." - Howard Zinn Taken after the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) third interest rate reduction this year which brought the official cash rate to 0.75% and the Morrison government's July tax ...

Future Fund chief most influential public investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... Korea governor Lee Ju-yeol. But he wasn't the only Australian in the top three. Cbus chief executive David Atkin nabbed third place. A further three Australians made the top half of the list: $60 billion Victoria Funds Management's chief investment ...