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Charter Hall invests in two commercial properties

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Charter Hall has made significant investments in two well-known Australian commercial properties. Firstly the real estate investment manager has co-invested a total of $197 million with MTAA Super to buy the Campbelltown Mall in an off market transaction. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Australian residential property prices Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed residential property prices in the country's eight capital cities rebounded by 2.0% in the June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations ...

Banks commit to new adviser hiring standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
In the hopes of only employing competent and ethical financial advisers, the banking industry has announced a new hiring protocol. The banking industry has created a protocol which sets minimum standards for checking references and sharing information ...

Advisory firm has licence cancelled

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Melbourne-based corporate advisory firm Allegianz has had its financial services licence cancelled by ASIC for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. Allegianz's AFSL was suspended for six months in March 2016 after the company failed ...

Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Global asset manager Legg Mason is launching a macro bond fund for Australian investors searching for fixed income exposure but concerned about the limitations of traditional bond funds. The Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund takes ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Australian consumer sentiment Although marginal and less than market expectations, the 0.3% increase in the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment to 101.4 in September from 101.0 in the previous month indicates that optimists continue ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Pricing too aggressively and paying nothing more than lip service to the notion that your clients are your partners is a slow route to profitability, according to GQG Partners chairman and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumer credit Total US consumer credit went up by US$17.7 billion in July, stronger than the previous month's US14.5 billion increase and more than market expectations for a US$15.6 billion rise. Non-revolving credit - i.e. car and student loans ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Morgan Stanley pays $123,750 penalty

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Morgan Stanley Australia has paid a penalty of $123,750 to comply with an infringement notice handed down by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP said it had "reasonable grounds" to believe that Morgan Stanley had contravened subsection 798H(1) ...