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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australian housing finance buoyed by investment housing; Japan machinery orders continue run of weakening stats; US labor market conditions improve but still negative.

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
The global head of Bloomberg Asset and Investment Manager believes Australian investors are seeking both new and non-traditional asset classes as a priority to generate income and alpha increases.

AMP Life appeals Supreme Court ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
AMP Life has appealed a Supreme Court ruling preventing it from voting at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting for the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF).

DomaCom prepares to list on ASX

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Applications to invest in the underwritten initial public offering (IPO) of fractional property investment fund, DomaCom, have today opened.

Cromwell Riverpark Trust extended for five years

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Investors have voted in favour of extending the Cromwell Riverpark Trust for a further five years.

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Fed-funds futures now indicates a 24% likelihood of a rate increase by December from 19% prior to the release of the employment report.

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Standard and Poor's (S&P) revised Australian sovereign rating outlook from 'stable' to 'negative' has also been extended to the Australian major banks.

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
"'AAA' - Extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments. Highest Rating. 'AA' - Very strong capacity to meet financial commitments."

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Morningstar has launched its first global risk model for investors.

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Roughly a third of alternatives managers are investing less in the UK as a response to the Brexit referendum, according to Preqin research.