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EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... dollar is so highly correlated to the currencies of emerging market countries, low valuations of local currencies signal the prime time for Australian investors to buy in. "When these currencies depreciate so too does the Australian dollar and the same ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... uncertainty from across the pond. Just when everything seems to be moving in the right decision, all systems go for Brexit with Prime Minister Teresa May ready to trigger "Article 50" of the Lisbon Treaty to start formal Brexit proceedings by the end ...

Cromwell introduces Euro property fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... assets. The fund will invest in office, retail, leisure, industrial and some specialist property sectors and comprises three prime office assets - Central Plaza in Rotterdam, the De Ruijterkade building in Amsterdam and The Hague's Koningskade building. ...

Super funds should reassess view of balances: Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... household view of balances, given they're likely pooling resources to cover combined expenses. Cooper believes it is the prime time for funds to reassess their point of view, given the government's ongoing efforts to effectively define the purpose of ...

ANZ appoints former Finance Department boss

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... Australian Department of Health, secretary for the Department of Health and Ageing, and deputy secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. She began her career in public service at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and later took ...

Russia and India sign investment partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have overseen a signing ceremony to create a US$1 billion fund for Russian investment in Indian business. The fund is a partnership between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... the previous year. This boost to expectations has been sustained. Certainly there was a 4.4% lift following the change of Prime Minister a year ago but the Expectations Index has lifted a further 5.2% since last October". Further, "the largest average ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... generation financial advisers," George said. "We congratulate Erin on earning the title of 2016 AFA Rising Star." Former Prime Minister John Howard also joined in the congratulations ahead of his address to the conference.

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The scrutiny of Australia's big four banks has been labelled "strange" by former Prime Minister John Howard, who heralded the institutions as one of four pillars that guided Australia through the Global Financial Crisis. Howard was the first plenary ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... break the stalemate and Japan, whose negative interest rate policy proved unpopular, was at the head of the pack; last month Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved a fiscal package of over ¥28 trillion ($362 billion) which equates to 5.5% of the ...