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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... accelerating since it bottomed at 2.0% in the June quarter of 2015. The latest growth number puts Australia ahead of the United States (1.2%) the Eurozone (1.6%), the United Kingdom (2.2%) and Japan (0.6%). The details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' ...

IQ Group expands Australian presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... specialist consultant skills into the process and this is already in demand." With offices in South Africa and the United States, IQ Group helps clients prepare for industry and market change in the superannuation and wealth management industries.

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Keating and was international advisor to Prime Minister John Howard. He served as Australia's ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2005, after which he joined Capital Group and was based in Washington D.C until 2014. In his previous time at Capital ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... Export shipments fell in Japan (-23.2%), China (-14.0%), the European Union (-11.4%), the ASEAN (-7.8%) and the United States (-0.7%) but exports to Hong Kong increased by 3.2%.

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... installing "defeat device" software in its diesel-powered vehicles exposing the company to substantial fines in the United States and elsewhere," a Bentham Europe statement said. It said hundreds of institutional investors make up the suit, including ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... among the world's lowest (if not the lowest)... The FSC survey shows that Australia has lower fees than even the United States on average based on a $100 million mandate." Tellingly, it concluded: "If the fees charged to Australian investors are lowered ...

QIC launches retail property fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... subsidiaries of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc (FCE), a US$9 billion diversified real estate investment trust based in Ohio, United States. The portfolio has a low average occupancy cost of 11.2%, as well as an average sales productivity of circa US$515 ...

Foreign direct investors turning to Australia for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... survey of "senior executives of the world's leading corporations" conducted in January 2016, revealed that while the United States remains at the top spot in the FDI Confidence Index, Australia has risen three points to seventh (after falling to 10 last ...

OneVue launches international equities capability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... accounts (SMAs) that invest directly in companies listed across eight securities exchanges including Europe, the United States, Asia and New Zealand. Watershed Funds Management and Fat Prophets are the first investment managers to have signed up for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... Japan - the country's top export market - fell by 0.3% to US$939.6 million in the year to February. Shipments to the United States increased by 1.6% over the year but those to China and Hong Kong dropped by 11.6% and 0.3%, respectively.