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Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct ...

Paradice appoints portfolio manager from Northcape

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... he was an analyst for three years and then a portfolio manager for mid and small-caps. Before that, he was an equities research analyst in the small-cap space for Bligh Capital and an unlisted infrastructure investment analyst at Colonial First State ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Investors who rely on a single active equity manager are more likely to underperform, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The analysis revealed that if an investor were to pick one equity manager randomly, chances of adding value are low - even ...

Product agnostic planners boost ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... simple to explain and they fulfill an obvious role in the portfolio cheaply, efficiently, and with ample liquidity," the research house said. Incorporating ETFs into a client's portfolio also provides simple, cost-effective diversification. As such ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... highest volume of ICOs of US$1bn, followed by Russia and China each raising US$300m; Australia raised about $34m. The research also found the ICO network is congested as traders and business operations compete for limited transaction slots; ethereum ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
"QQE with Yield Control" is here to stay as long as it's necessary to "achieve the price stability target of 2 percent" and "stays above target in a stable manner". The Bank of Japan (BOJ) couldn't be clearer on its forward guidance following the conclusion ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Australian billionaires amassed a $115.4 billion fortune in FY17, representing a 140% jump since the Global Financial Crisis, according to an Oxfam analysis. The Oxfam Growing Gulf Between Work and Wealth paper found Australia's richest 1% had more ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Chalmers joined Clime's management team and said at the time that "the combined funds team will offer a deeper and broader research capability. The extended product list will be of immense interest to CBG clients." Clime chair Donald McLay added: "This ...

Advice clients most satisfied with goals-based approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... investing, but the field is wide open with over half of planners unable to nominate any provider as best," Investment Trends research director Recep Peker said. Also posing a challenge to planners is the increasing sensitivity of clients to geopolitical ...