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Robeco wins Asian equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
A global investment firm has awarded an Asian equities mandate to Robeco's Asia-Pacific Equities investment team. Russell Investments selected Robeco's Asian Stars strategy, to be managed by the Hong Kong-based Robeco team which currently oversees about ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... The problem is not measured inflation per se, but what low inflation does to inflation expectations. Just ask the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - it has kept monetary policy unchanged at its Board meeting last week but more importantly, it has pushed back the ...

Westpac and Charter Hall in talks over infrastructure manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Westpac is the latest bank set to offload one of its investment management subsidiaries, announcing exclusive discussions to sell its $14 billion infrastructure manager. Westpac told the ASX it has entered exclusive discussions with property group Charter ...

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
In a media briefing, PIMCO global economic adviser Joachim Fels said the firm is gradually de-risking portfolios given the elevated risk of recession in the next three-to-five years. Fels explained that PIMCO is currently in risk reduction mode, adding ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
The release of the minutes of the Fed's and the ECB's June meetings have brought back financial market trepidation - sparked by last week's hawkish comments from central bank heads of the US, the Eurozone and the UK - that the end of cheap money is ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
As if to further underscore the current growth/inflation conundrum, today's reports show continuing strengthening momentum in the world's major economies - one that quickly followed updates on consumer prices indicating not only that inflation remains ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... diversified and 2.4% to cash. The majority (53.2%) of investments are in the US, followed by Europe (13%), Canada (9.1%), Japan (6.3%), Australia (4.4%), Asia-Pacific (4.4%), Latin America (3.6%), the UK (2.2%) and China (1.4%).

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Markit Economics' preliminary estimates show that while the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for the US, the Eurozone and Japan all came in below market expectations, all remained in expansion. The IHS/Markit flash US composite output index slipped ...

US investment giant hires Australian insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The asset management business of one of the largest life insurance providers in the world is furthering its Australian distribution footprint with the appointment of a head of institutional relationships. Cameron Sinclair joins PGIM, the Prudential ...