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Macquarie partners to acquire real estate sales platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
A consortium of investors including Macquarie subsidiaries, 77 Victoria Street Trust and Sandrift have partnered to acquire an ASX-listed real estate sales and administration platform. Pending shareholder approval, the consortium will acquire all the ...

Nikko hires regional sales manager from BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new regional sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland. Thira Ngoeun joins Nikko from BlackRock, where he was vice president - research relationship manager. Prior to that, he was a model portfolio manager ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Australian dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that total dwelling units approved dropped by 5.2% in the month of May, worse than market expectations for a 3.3% fall and more than reversing April's 3.3% ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Overall risk sales at the major insurers have fallen 5.9% over the 12 months to end of March owing to significant falls in group risk sales. The latest figures from Plan For Life show even though overall risk premium inflows for March were up 6.2% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Australia private sector credit The latest update on Australia's private sector credit provides a first look at the impact of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% on the 3rd of May. Total private sector ...

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by Zenith to 'Highly Recommended'. The trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager, Western Asset Management, a fixed income specialist with $US436 billion under management. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Australia new home sales The Housing Industry Association reported that sales of new homes fell by 4.4% to 7,278 units in the month of May following a 4.7% decline in the previous month. Sales of detached homes continued to contract - down by 6.7% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Keybridge exits funds management business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... Keybridge said "it is contemplated" that it would be appointed the investment manager for the HHY fund. Commenting on the sale, Keybridge executive director Antony Sormann said: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of Aurora's employees ...

APN Property sells off $58m healthcare platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... successful transition; members of the GHC property team have also been offered employment at NorthWest. Commenting on the sale, APN chair Chris Aylward said: "This transaction is an excellent outcome for both GHC's investors and for APN shareholders. ...