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Blockchain feasibility test successful: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Financial technology company Calastone completed the first phase of its blockchain testing by analysing the trades and settlement of mutual funds. This involved testing a large volume of trades across global markets to give a better understanding of ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
What UK Prime Minister Theresa May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced ...

EQT appointed RE for $5.9bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Equity Trustees was selected as the responsible entity for a boutique global and emerging market equities manager. GQG Partners, launched in June 2016 and backed by Pacific Current Group, has already attracted more than $1 billion - out of a total of ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
With the prices of Australia's major commodity exports - coal and iron ore -- trending lower this year, let's all spend a minute silence and pray that yesterday's report of a massive slump in exports - down 8.0% in the month of April - was indeed an ...

AMP Capital names key real assets hires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
AMP Capital has appointed two portfolio managers to its global real assets team. Andy Jones joins AMP Capital as portfolio manager and analyst for the firm's global listed infrastructure team; he will oversee global transportation infrastructure in ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

BetaShares launches defensive ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
BetaShares launched a floating rate bond ETF designed to withstand interest rate risks and exceed returns on cash and short-dated term deposits. Listed on the ASX with ticker code QPON, BetaShares' Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF currently ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Australia's economic scorecard is out. GDP growth has plummeted to 0.3% in the March quarter compared to 1.1% last quarter, leaving economic annual growth at a lackluster 1.7%. Economic growth slowing by one third in past year adds to the pressure piling ...

Mercer vet takes reins at former Pillar offices

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Mercer has appointed a new leader for Mercer Wollongong, formerly Pillar Administration. Jo-Anne Bloch takes on the role having previously been partner and team leader at Mercer's Innovation Hub in the US. Before that, she was Mercer's financial advice ...

Super funds not future ready: Mercer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Discussing Mercer's 2020 Super Fund Executive Report - Change or be Changed, Mercer managing director and chief executive Ben Walsh said the report exposes the high level of uncertainty within the sector, and reveals that fund leaders are pre-occupied ...