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Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
'User pay' assets will be an attractive opportunity for investors in 2017, as global economies experience a period of synchronised growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Economic, business and consumer confidence in the single currency area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Capitalising on the success of its currency-based exchange traded product series, BetaShares launched two exchange traded hedge funds today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong ...

FIIG appoints acting managing director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities appointed founding director Jim Stening to acting managing director, pending the appointment of a new chief executive. Stening's appointment follows a decision by current managing director and chief executive Mark ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
AustralianSuper is starting to reap the benefits of its transition to the Link administration platform, signing on three foundation clients to its newly-launched Business Solutions arm. Under the deal, Komatsu, Clough and one other major company (undisclosed ...

Wealth firm releases planning app Nettshell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Brisbane-based wealth management company Collins Mann Financial Management released an app which they say will keep financial planners honest. In an interview with Financial Standard, Collins Mann Financial Management (CMFM) co-director Mark Collins ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
To make the most of 2017, institutional investors will need to be across market fragmentation, the shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus, capital abundance and long-term structural change. Global consultant Mercer says these themes all present risks ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
They've tried to take away his thumbs from twitter when he was Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. Still, he prevailed and from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...