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Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Climate change is a growing concern for the majority of investors polled in Financial Standard's latest survey. Despite investors' worry, Australia's top companies are failing to improve climate risk disclosures. Seventy-one per cent of respondents ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) faces an uphill battle in its quest to normalise monetary policy if economic and financial market agents continue to "hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see." The yen rose to its highest level since November ...

Centuria flags acquisition strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Listed property fund manager Centuria signalled it's open to acquisition and partnership opportunities, which it is actively discussing with a major shareholder. The investment manager, with $4.6 billion in funds under management, told shareholders ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
An influx of economic data and surveys are set for release this week. The central banks of Australia, Canada, the Eurozone and Japan are also scheduled to meet. Don't bother with any of them. Whatever the indicators indicate and the central banks decide ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... trillion assets at the end of 2017. The US held the largest pool of assets (US$25.4tn), followed by the UK (US$3.11tn) and Japan (US$3.1tn). Australia sat in fourth place with US$1.92 trillion or $2.44 trillion - assets which surpass the nation's gross ...

Industry fund buys $7 million beef stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
A $70 billion industry superannuation fund is investing about $7 million in a growing NSW agribusiness. First State Super has invested $6.7 million in Stone Axe Pastoral at Ebor - alongside a commitment from the NSW Government of $3.3 million via its ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... expansion and is the slowest growth rate in two years. Certainly, this should temper lingering speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would taper its policy stimulus measures - one that has continued to this day despite BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned global equities boutique Avenir Capital appointed a new investment director. Curtis Cifuentes joins Avenir from Platinum Asset Management where he was an investment analyst specialising in Japanese equities and the technology sector ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur warns investors that 2018 will unlikely deliver the euphoric levels of financial market returns experienced in 2017. Speaking at this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Baur ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... trillion assets at the end of 2017. The US held the largest pool of assets (US$25.4tn), followed by the UK (US$3.11tn) and Japan (US$3.1tn). Australia sat in fourth place with US$1.92 trillion or $2.44 trillion - assets which surpass the nation's gross ...