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Insurance giant appoints Australian underwriter to Asia role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... Commenting on the appointment, Bennett said: "The environmental risk markets in Asia have seen tremendous growth as economies mature in the region. Against this backdrop, we saw the need to appoint a specialist resource to help us drive the development ...

Supreme Court makes China Growth Fund EGM ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... Adam Tindall explained earlier in June: "They like the exposure it gives them to China, one of the world's most dynamic economies." "In fact, AGF remains one of the very few ways that Australian retail investors can gain actively-managed exposure to ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Brexit should be no sweat for Australia. However, this is complicated by the indirect links, i.e. what happens to the economies of our major trading partners as their economies buckle under the uncertainty of Brexit. The US dollar has risen - the US ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... the Thai economy that include: "the fragile global economic recovery, monetary policy divergence among major advanced economies, the result of the EU Referendum in the UK ('Brexit') and financial stability concerns in China".

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... only on the supposed negatives. If we vote leave, we can create 300,000 jobs by doing trade deals with fast growing economies across the globe. We can stop sending the £350m we pay Brussels every week. That is why it is safer to vote leave." A more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... 2 percent". But noted that, "Risks to the outlook include uncertainties surrounding emerging and commodity-exporting economies, particularly China, developments in the U.S. economy and the influences of its monetary policy response to them on the global ...

AMP Capital determined to keep China fund open

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... keeping the fund in its present form; they like the exposure it gives them to China, one of the world's most dynamic economies." Tindall explained that AMP Capital, along with the fund's advisory committee, "separately analysed whether AGF meets its ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... in turn owned by the customers. Similar to a credit union, the leadership team is able to redirect net profits from economies of scale to fund shareholders in the form of lower costs. Sales commissions are practically non-existent and operating expenses ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. That's the view of VanEck managing director of emerging market debt Eric Fine ...

Altius adds industry veteran to advisory committee

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... expertise and understanding to draw on in this role," Altius chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon said. "With global economies and markets continuing to deal with unprecedented challenges, having experts of Michael's calibre providing invaluable insights ...