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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 ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
If you've placed a bet on last week's Melbourne Cup - and lost - poor you. But while "the race that stops a nation" has come and gone, we're only a few sleeps away from the race that could stop the world. Clinton and Trump's race for the White House ...

Grant Samuel sells 80pct stake in GSFM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Canadian wealth management firm CI Financial has purchased an 80% stake in Grant Samuel Funds Management. The deal is expected to close later this month with CI acquiring the stake previously held by the corporate advisory firm Grant Samuel, which established ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Superannuation trustees and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Australia building approvals New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the total number of dwelling units approved dropped by 8.7% over the month of September, less than market expectations for a 3.0% decline and follow a ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
IRESS has appointed a new retirement incomes chair. David Orford takes on the role having been chair of Financial Synergy, whose acquisition by IRESS was completed on October 31. Orford founded Financial Synergy in 1976, having previously been an actuary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... down four points to 45.5. This compares with the final reading of Markit US manufacturing PMI that came in at 53.4 in October - the highest reading in 12 months -- up from the flash estimate of 53.2 and September's final reading of 51.5. The rise was ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in September - in line with market expectations - following similar gains in the previous two months. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% (from up 0.5% in August) ...