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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Australia's foreign reserves climb to $70bn Australia's holdings of foreign reserves climbed 4% during 2015-16 to $70 billion, reports the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reserves held as foreign currency remained steady on 84% while holdings of gold increased ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... the currency factors are the Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, euro, yen, New Zealand dollar and Swiss franc. Commenting on the launch, Morningstar head of asset management software Warren Miller said: "Risk analysis is paramount to ...

Deutsche AM appoints APAC real estate head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Deutsche Asset Management has appointed a managing director and head of real estate, Asia Pacific. Victoria Sharpe joins Deutsche AM from TH Real Estate, where she was head of the global client capital group. Before that, she was managing director at ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
ANZ ETFS will later this month launch an exchange traded fund which provides unhedged exposure to leading companies in the Eurozone. The ANZ ETFS Euro Stoxx 50 ETF, which will have the ASX ticker code ESTX, will track the Eurozone's largest and most ...

CFSGAM fixed income team loses three senior managers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Three senior members of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's fixed income team have left the company. Head of global fixed income and credit Tony Adams, head of rates Annette Mullen and senior portfolio manager Francois Kong departed in June. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Further exits from the European Union pose the biggest risk to global markets after the Brexit referendum, according to industry commentators. Following UK voters' decision to leave the European Union on July 24, political figures from Greece, Spain ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Australia ANZ job ads Continued improvement in the Australian labour market in the coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the ...