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M&G sets up shop down under

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
London-headquartered M&G Investments opened the doors to its first Australian offices. The new offices, in Sydney and Melbourne, are a natural extension of the real estate manager's existing footprint in Australia, M&G global head of real estate Tony ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... name of "national security" and since March 2018, global insecurity has grown to the point that it has boomeranged to America: "And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out". All eyes and ears are on US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's messaging ...

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The American investing giant is shutting down its Sydney office less than two years after it came back to Australia for round two, according to a letter sent to investors. Charles Schwab's Frenchs Forest based office led by managing director John-Paul ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Short-seller Blue Orca is targeting an importer of infant formula from Australia for falsely claiming its products are safe for lactose intolerant babies. Ausnutria, a company that imports infant milk formula from Australia, New Zealand and Europe for ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... hoped for reflation that started in 2017 would have had their desired effects... but for Trump - and his vow to "Make America Great Again" by beggaring its neighbours by imposing increased tariffs on US imports. History shows that this is a lose-lose ...

What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Higher base fees, more complex fee structures and fewer investment options could be holding Australian robo advisers back from reaching the scale their American counterparts have, according to new research from Rainmaker. Australia has six main companies ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... BlackRock appointed Andrew Landman as the new head of Australasia to succeed Dominik Rohe who became the head of the Latin America region.

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... under the Treasury's "enhanced monitoring" system, a country has to have a significant bilateral trade surplus with America and a material current-account surplus, and to have made a "persistent, one-sided intervention in foreign-exchange markets". ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... the powers that be in Beijing have controlled the currency's exchange rate for fear of being officially branded by America as a "currency manipulator" and/or capital outflows that could lead to increased selling pressure on the yuan. But as we learned ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
IFM Investors wants to invest in its business and seek out more opportunities in Australia in the year ahead, as it posts $22 billion in net flows and $114 million in pre-tax net profit for FY19. The funds management powerhouse owned by industry superannuation ...