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How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... in," adviser blogger Charles Sherry wrote. "Whether it be the Brexit-related selloff (two days), global anxieties about China, or the tragic events that followed the 2011 earthquake in Japan, U.S. markets have historically taken their long-term marching ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... previous month. This is better than market expectations for a 94.3 outcome and is the highest reading since December 2015. China trade balance China reported a trade surplus of US$49.1 billion in October, less than market expectations for a US$51.7 billion ...

Macquarie continues funds management reign: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... in 2015, from 216 to 200. The largest increase in numbers was seen by the UK with an increase of five fund managers and China, with an increase of three.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... buyers. As to be expected, the pound's sharp depreciation lifted both new export orders and input costs (to a 69-month high). China manufacturing PMI Both the official NBS and Caixin's China manufacturing PMI surveys beat expectations in October. The ...

CBA partners to capitalise on Chinese tourism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... globally leading mobile payments provider, and its 450 million active users, is truly exciting," Rosmarin said. Last year China overtook the United States as the world's largest market in mobile payments with a transaction volume totaling US$235 billion ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
A European asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management has launched a large cap China ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amundi's FTSE China A50 Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen ...

ANZ to sell Asian retail, wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... Singapore bank. ANZ has entered an agreement with DBS Bank to acquire ANZ's branch network across Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia. The transaction includes $11 billion in gross lending assets, $7 billion in credit risk weighted assets ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... past year, the Fed had been kept away from lifting rates as it planned by global ructions in one form or the other - e.g. China devaluation, emerging market outflows, Brexit - but this time, the global seas appear to be calmer. There's nothing to keep ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... between two independent banks via blockchain. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known as Skuchain's Brackets system. The blockchain was used across US-based Brighann Cotton ...

US and China family office giants to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Two major family offices in China and the US have discussed an ongoing collaboration. Wang Jianlin, China's richest man and owner of the multinational Wanda Group, met with LDJ Capital Multi-Family Office chair David Drake to discuss working together. ...