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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... provides Australian fund managers with a significant advantage which is not enjoyed by large competitors such as Japan, United States and most of Europe. It gives us a first mover advantage. This is the regulatory architecture we need to compete in the ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... to enter the space, and the first to leave it in September 2014. At the same time, the Dodd-Frank reforms in the United States and the European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive have heightened the regulatory environment that funds are facing. ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Woe is us for there are much more to worry about this present day. For back in December 2011, the economies of the United States, China and emerging markets were expanding, commodity prices were rising, the "Arab Spring" of the first quarter of 2011 ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... right on the head, "Some participants also discussed the risk that a possible divergence in interest rates in the United States and abroad might lead to further appreciation of the dollar, extending the downward pressure on commodity prices and the weakness ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Chinese equity markets" and the "uncertainties arising from the expected start of monetary policy tightening in the United States," the RBA wasn't pointing any fingers at our neighbours either. "Members noted that economic growth in Australia's major ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... with bigger ups and downs. Besides, as the ISM explains, "The national report's information reflects the entire United States, while the regional reports contain primarily regional data from their local vicinities. Also, the information in the regional ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... worry number three. "This risk could be compounded by negative knock-on effects from interest rate increases in the United States on growth in in EMEs (emerging market economies)." These two remaining worries have taken on a particular significance following ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... increase the cash weighting to 15% over the year: "That is positioning ourselves for increasing interest rates in the United States and potentially increased volatility later this year," he said. "It has contributed to our returns because we invested ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... seen as a proxy to fixed income: "People also thought for a long time you could not lose money in property in the United States." Bhansali talked about investing in tobacco stocks, which have outperformed all other asset classes since the 2000s: "If ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Trade Agreement (FTA) will give Australian financial services companies a competitive edge that their peers in the United States or Japan don't have. Speaking in front of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on behalf of the funds management ...