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BTFG shutters alternatives fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
BT Financial Group has confirmed the winding up of one of its popular alternatives funds.

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
"Fed-watchers will see less benefit in parsing statements and speeches and more from paying close attention to the incoming data."

Real assets drive AMP Capital profit boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
AMP Capital has recorded a 14.9% lift in underlying net profit, up $11 million for the same period last year.

Efficiency key to performance in low-return world

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Institutions are looking for custodians to improve administrative efficiency to boost performance in a low-return climate, according to BNP Paribas research.

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Japan must look to a combination of fiscal and monetary policy if it wishes to achieve the structural reform as set out in the third arrow of Abenomics, according to QIC

Global ETPs see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Global exchange traded products (ETPs) recorded their best monthly flows since December 2014, according to BlackRock's July ETP Landscape Report.

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Both IFM Investors and QIC have been given the green light to progress respective consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Part-time jobs boosts Australian employment; Philly Fed index rises but details poor; UK retail spending jumps post-Brexit.

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Austock Life has expanded its Vanguard Tax-Paid range, adding three new indexed options to its imputation bond menu.

Super reform fears hit AMP earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
AMP's wealth management division has suffered a major drop in cashflows, down 49.5 per cent year on year.