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Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Challenger has announced two new annuity relationships with Australian and international partners. Challenger's full range of annuity products will now be available through AMP's investment and administration platforms and will also be available through ...

BTIM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
BT Investment Management has appointed a new non-executive director. Kathryn Matthews joins the BTIM board while also holding board positions at Hermes Fund Managers, Rathbone Brothers, J.P. Morgan Chinese Investment Trust, Aperam and the Montanaro ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
US Markit manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary estimates show that activity in the US manufacturing sector accelerated to a reading of 53.2 in October from 51.5 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since October last year and is sharply ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is seeing an increase in global pension funds and central banks attending its events and seeking expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney ...

Asia-Pacific leads global HNW population and wealth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
The Asia-Pacific region is now the leading region for high net worth individuals (HNWI) wealth, according to the 2016 Capgemini Asia-Pacific Wealth Report. In 2015 Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth grew by 9.9% to US$17.4 trillion, a growth rate 5.8 times the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
US export and import prices The Fed's view that the negative impact of import prices on consumer price inflation would be easing appears to be in the money with the latest import price index showing continued improvement. Though less than the expected ...

AMP Capital hires new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new director. Earlier in October, Peter Varghese was appointed to AMP's board, and will now take up another position on the board of its investment management subsidiary. He recently stepped down from his role as the Secretary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Germany trade balance Germany's trade surplus expanded by 2.6% to €20.0 billion in August - in line with market expectations - from July's €19.5 billion surplus as exports grew by much more than imports over the month, 5.4% versus 3.0%. Germany's ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit narrowed by 5.0% to A$2.01 billion in August from A$2.12 billion in July (revised from A$2.41 billion), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show. This is better than market expectations for a ...