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Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Tapping in to Chinese demand for services will likely require changes to industry thinking and practices, as well as greater thought around policy decisions on the export of financial services and foreign investment screening. These were some of the ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia should start thinking about historically low rates as an opportunity for reinvestment, according to Vanguard principal and head of investments, Vanguard Asia Pacific Rodney Comegys. Addressing the Vanguard ETFs in Practice forum in Sydney ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Australia employment It was good, but not as good as the headline numbers suggests. Australian businesses hired an additional 26,200 workers in July - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 and the biggest monthly rise since the "questionable" ...

EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Equity Trustees has appointed a new independent non-executive director and signalled further plans for expansion into Asia. D Glenn Sedgwick will join Equity Trustees from 8 August 2016, bringing with him more than 30 years' experience in advising listed ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... visibility for the Standard Life Investments brand in this region is the firm's sponsorship of the British & Irish Lions, who tour New Zealand in 2017. Outside of work Bouch says she is very fond of travel and, being a keen supporter of her husband's ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Employment up but hours worked fell Employment in Australia grew by 0.07% in June, consistent with the average growth rate over the last six months, according to trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest Labour ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Boyoboyoboy, looks like we're in trouble now for this "Lucky Country" could soon run out of luck. No use covering our eyes, ears and noses, it's all over splattered all across the media - old and noveau - Standard & Poor's has just put Australia on ...

TH Real Estate partners for China fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
TH Real Estate has partnered with a China-focused real estate private equity firm to launch a specialist China Outlet Mall Fund. TH Real Estate will be the fund manager for the new product, while Gaw Capital Partners will act as co-capital sponsor and ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...