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Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... billion as a result of redemptions. Secondary volume increased 27% over the year, though sector diversity remained skewed as bank hybrids continue to dominate. "The chase for yield is still on in 2017 with persistently low term deposit rates on the one ...

Former Suncorp executive joins ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
ME Bank recently welcomed a new addition to its board. Industry veteran John Nesbitt joined ME Bank as a director, having finished up as chief executive of Suncorp Banking and Wealth in September last year. Nesbitt brings more than 35 years' experience ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global ...

Fund manager launches new IMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... can provide investors with the ability to invest in companies' right across the Australian share market from Commonwealth Bank right down to the micro-cap space," Carson said. Carson said that investments in technology and the IT sector currently account ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the conclusion ...

ANZ seeks digital transformation strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... data officer. Emma Gray, former chief loyalty and data officer at Woolworths, will join ANZ and take responsibility for the bank's data strategy, including how data is defined, gathered, managed and protected. "As our chief data officer, Emma will play ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... Australian business conditions (see "Five minutes of sunshine?" report in this section), should be allayed by the Reserve Bank of Australia's private sector credit report. Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in the month of December - the fastest ...

Celebrated sporting figure joins Pan-Tribal board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
A well-known figure in Australian sports will join the Pan-Tribal Asset Management board. Former Australian water polo representative Peter Kerr has been appointed as a non-executive director at Pan-Tribal, bringing with him extensive experience in ...