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Franklin Templeton reveals new operating structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has announced a new operating structure for its distribution team. The new structure will see the formation of three dedicated groups to focus on and service the institutional, financial institutions and family ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
US existing home sales Are American homebuyers front-running the expected increase in the fed funds rate next month? Existing home sales jumped by 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 5.6 million units in October. This is the highest level ...

Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... 2017, Challenger's term annuities, Liquid Lifetime and CarePlus products will be available to AMP retail customers via the North, MyNorth and AMP Flexible Super platforms. Corporate superannuation clients will also be available to access the products ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is acquiring a 49% stake in Glencore Rail as part of a co-investment with Genesee & Wyoming Australia. The co-investment will create a $2 billion partnership with Macquarie (MIRA) having a non-controlling interest. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Australia retail sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the ...

IFM appoints two business development directors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
IFM Investors has appointed two business development directors for the North American region. Joe Tremblay joins IFM from Talara Capital Management, where he was director of marketing. He has also held roles at Alternative Access Capital and New Stream ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Northern Trust expands Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... recently based in Northern Trust's Chicago headquarters where he was responsible for client delivery solutions within the North America investment operations outsourcing implementations team. In his new role in Sydney, Oboudiyat will be responsible for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Australian consumer confidence The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rebounded by 2.0% in August after declining by 3.0% in July. More importantly, at a reading of 101.4, optimists outnumbered pessimists this month. Not surprisingly ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...