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Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
"As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety." -Donald Tusk, President of the European Council I thought he went over the top and got carried ...

J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley handle $260m REIT portfolio acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are handling the $260 million equity raising for an ASX-listed real estate investment trust. National Storage REIT has entered into arrangements to acquire the 26 storage assets in the Southern Cross portfolio, valued ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
Awards honour modern marketing, advertising and sales excellence (MAX) in 18 categories including Marketer of the Year, Sales Executive of the Year, and Product Launch of the Year. Now in its 21st year, the annual MAX Awards recognise Australia's leading ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Bloomberg Philanthropies has partnered with 18 countries to provide technical assistance and funding to gather citizens' health data. Originally launched in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Data for Health ...

CFSGAM appoints senior portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new portfolio manager. Jacqueline Fernley joins CFSGAM from boutique manager AretA(C) Investment Partners, where she was principal and portfolio manager, and orchestrated the investment process ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Australia employment The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report showed that an estimated 17,900 jobs were created in May. This was more than consensus expectations for a 15,000 gain but part-time employment - rising ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging 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. ...