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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016

... million barrels per day. The US oil boom pushes Saudi Arabia back into second place with 11.7 million barrels per day. Russia is third on 10.5 million barrels per day. The increase in US oil production, combined with slowing growth in global oil demand ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016

... alternatives such as real estate. India has become increasingly attractive to Asian sovereign investors, while Brazil, Russia and China have lost their attractiveness amid weaker performance and political instability. In comparison to previous years ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016

... point, he added, was precipitated partly by Serbia not being in the EU yet and therefore unaffected by trade sanctions in Russia, which has prompted Japanese and German companies to move manufacturing facilities there. This three-tiered approach, he ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016

... simply cannot find companies which pass our quality test," said Bell. "More recently we've seen countries such as Brazil and Russia... we've seen how the impact of lower oil prices has decimated the Russian economy... how corruption in Brazil is rampant. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016

... to February from 1.3% in the previous month while the core PCE inflation measure remained unchanged at 1.7%. Russian GDP Russia continues to shrink, falling by 2.7% in the year to February (the same as the previous month), marking the 14th straight month ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016

... people in the global workforce from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. When you take down the borders in China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, we have hundreds of millions of very low wage underemployed workers coming to the global workforce," he ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016

... fund regional investment mandates. They have outperformed the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index by over 14%. Eastern Europe and Russia-dedicated hedge fund strategies posted the worst returns in December, down 4.48% for the month following the steep downturn ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015

No more quotas. No more targets. No more ceilings. This was OPEC's (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) decision at their meeting in Vienna last Friday - the decision that sent oil prices down to 6-year lows. WTI oil dropped by 5.8% to US$37.65 ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

"Chill out!" Although it could also apply, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Glenn Stevens wasn't advising Russian President Vladimir Putin against having Turkey for Thanksgiving in retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane ...

Goldman Sachs calls time on BRICs

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has closed its BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) Fund and integrated it into a wider emerging markets fund. After the firm first coined the term in 2001, the move effectively brings the BRIC era to an end. GSAM notified ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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