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Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... take the RRR down to 19.5% for big banks and 18.5% for small banks (and, according to Bloomberg, the "Agricultural Development Bank of China gets an extra cut of 4 percentage points."). The move is expected to add liquidity into the system to the tune ...

Centuria creates key roles to support growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... Centuria Capital has created three new top roles to support the business's growth in unlisted property and in the development and distribution of its recently-launched investment bonds. Former AMP executive Neil Rogan has been appointed general manager ...

QIC closes on Sydney NorthConnex project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... Global Infrastructure, on behalf of its managed clients, is delighted to have reached this important milestone in the development of NorthConnex," said QIC head of global infrastructure Ross Israel. "Our involvement in the transaction leverages our capabilities ...

T. Rowe Price opens Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... manager T. Rowe Price has grown its Australian footprint, opening a new office in Melbourne and expanding its business development team. The company said the move enables closer working relationships with new and existing clients in the Melbourne institutional ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
We're back to crude oil spotting again folks. Prices dropped big time again last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...

Dai-ichi Life expands US, Asia Pacific presence

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... in April. "[Dai-ichi] will aim to strengthen governance and enhance realisation of further growth through synergy development of the Group in the region," it said.

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. ...

Atchison Consultants appoints senior consultant

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Anton Lawrence has joined Atchison Consultants as a senior consultant, with responsibility across portfolio development, product development and market research and analysis. He has over 25 years' experience as a property analyst, fund adviser and fund ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Listed investment company AMCIL saw its half-year profit fall 23.8% to $2.8 million in the six months to 31 December but the fund is still ahead of its benchmark over the longer term. Revenue from investments was $3.6 million excluding capital gains ...