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Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Things continue to look up in the Eurozone. Eurostat reported that the region's trade surplus widened to €25.9 billion in November from €20.2 billion in the previous month and €22.9 billion in November 2015. This was better than market expectations ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Just when we thought the sun's starting to shine. Japan private core machinery orders (orders excluding ships and electrical equipment) - a leading indicator of business investment - dropped by 5.1% in the month of November. This is heaps worse than ...

In-house investment leading mandate charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
The rise of in-house investment by Australian superannuation funds means they collectively became the highest mandate winner in the 12 months to September 2016. Rainmaker Information's latest Mandate Chaser report shows the highest number of super fund ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Australia's legal tender is again doing the rounds of the headlines. Disappointment over Trump's press conference last week - he talked and talked about everything except about his economic policies - brought the ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur RBC Capital Markets chief economist and head of Australian research, Su Lin Ong AXA Investment Managers head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker Trump, Brexit and European elections, ongoing ...

Sovereign wealth funds flock to emerging markets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
New State Street research shows a rising appetite for emerging markets in some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Released in partnership with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, the report said that half of the SWFs surveyed ...

Alpha generation to trump in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Hedge fund managers will enjoy a strong 2017 if they focus on capturing value, according to 50 South Capital director of research John Frede. Frede said the markets are entering a period where fundamentals are driving security prices, as evidenced by ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... NAB appointed a new head of retirement this month. Brian Long has had an extensive career in investment and retirement research: most recently he was national manager retirement at Colonial First State, where he produced retirement-centric research materials ...

Credit where credit is not due

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
"I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies..." (All-4-One). Time and gain, Beijing has promised to curtail excessive borrowing in its domestic economy to contain asset bubbles and mitigate financial risks. However, fresh Chinese credit data shows ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases in a frenzy. Data released ...