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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
Japan GDP Preliminary estimates of Japan's third quarter economy provided a positive surprise. Japanese real GDP growth accelerated to a quarterly rate of 0.5% in the three months to September from 0.2% in the June quarter and more than double market ...

Company director jailed after mishandling funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
A former Gold Coast company director has been jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to mishandling millions of dollars of company funds. Frederick Hansen pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court to two counts of dishonestly using his position ...

Equities specialist to CFSGAM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new investment director. Richard Cahill joined the firm's investment specialist team in October and is a former principal and researcher of equity fund managers at Mercer Investment Consulting. ...

Link makes Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Giant superannuation administrator Link Group has submitted a binding proposal to acquire Pillar Administration from the NSW government. In the past month Link has worked closely with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in developing ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
There is no shortage of commentary on the likely impact of a Clinton or Trump victory on global markets. Ahead of the election results announcement, Financial Standard selects some of the most quotable quotes and the latest insights affecting Australian ...

Foreign instos keen on Aussie real estate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Foreign institutional investment in Australian real estate is down more than 7% in the 12 months to October 2016 when compared to same period in 2015. In the past year 324 cross-border property transactions were recorded in Australia with a value of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... September. This compares with the US$61.3 billion surplus posted in October last year. Exports dropped by 7.3% in the year to October (an improvement from the 10.0% contraction in the previous month) while imports fell by 1.4% over the same period (also ...

Australian investors retreating to domestic assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Australian investors in exchange-traded products (ETPs) are reporting an increasing preference for Australian equities, cash, fixed income and gold in an uncertain global political environment. According to VanEck research, particularly due to the uncertainty ...

Charter Hall reduces commitment to Long Wale REIT

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
After initially shelving the IPO of its Long WALE REIT, Charter Hall has re-launched it on the ASX with a reduced equity interest. Charter Hall announced on October 27 that institutional and broker firm offers had been fully underwritten. Adding that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... expansion of the manufacturing and services sector in October. The AiG performance of construction index dropped to 45.9 in October - a 20-month low -- from 51.4 in the previous month. This compares with AiG's performance of manufacturing index that ...