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PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
PIMCO has hired a senior vice president and credit research analyst covering real estate. Frank Chen is based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. ...

China ready to dominate: Nikko AM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... according to Nikko Asset Management senior portfolio manager Robert Mann. Speaking to Financial Standard, Mann, who heads macro for Nikko AM's Asian equity team, said in a climate of global economic and political volatility, "China won't be the topic ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Daily economic activities across Australia and the world are first viewed by Stephen Anthony through one lens - the national interest. It is the chief economist's view that whatever is in the national interest is generally going to be in the interest ...

Fiduciary fund debuts on key platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
Boutique funds management firm NWQ Capital Management's Fiduciary Fund is now available on two major investment platforms, opening up the fund-of-hedge-fund (FOHF) vehicle to a greater number of financial advisers. The Fiduciary Fund has been added ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... "We see rural land as a relatively under-developed asset class which delivers a range of investment exposures, including: macro themes such as demographics around emerging Asia and clean green food; scope for adding value through active management; and ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... Financial Group - BT Panorama Finalists Challenger - Always Ready to Provide Support Franklin Templeton Investments - Global Macro Shifts MLC Australia - Save Retirement Campaign Perpetual Investments - Global Share Fund Campaign Standard Life Investments ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... undoubtedly impacted by tighter lending criteria resulting from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) macro-prudential policy target of limiting investment property loan growth to no more than 10% per annum - accounted for the 1.8% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australia retail sales Australian retail sales slightly missed market expectations for a 0.3% increase in April, growing by 0.2% over the month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... fees. "In identifying suitable managers, attention needs to be paid to factors such as liquidity management, sector and macro risk positioning (especially relative to the investors' other sector holdings), stock quality and currency management," the ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... likely to continue, not just in equities, bonds and real assets, but also a diversification into a much broader set of non-macro sensitive alternative assets. "Over the past 30 years growth has been fuelled by credit expansion but now it's going to come ...