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Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks.

Link to replace Veda in ASX200

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Financial data and administration company Link Group will replace credit reporting agency Veda in the S&P/ASX 200 index when the company is acquired by Equifax.

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Any or all leads to safe-haven US dollar buying - that was "extrapolated" to keep on rising on expectations that the Fed would continue to raise interest rates this year.

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The core of every investor's portfolio is going to be lacklustre in 2016, said State Street Global Advisers head of investments Kevin Anderson at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney.

Macquarie reports annuity business profit dips

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Macquarie has announced its results for the December 2015 quarter, revealing a net decrease in profit for its annuity-style businesses and an increase in its capital markets-facing businesses.

SG Hiscock takes distribution reins from EQT

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
SG Hiscock has announced EQT will no longer manage retail distribution for its funds following a strategic review.

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
A pause in Fed normalisation that sends the US dollar lower is bad news and good news for Australia.

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has welcomed the recent vote to establish a Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Carbon Risk Disclosure, calling it "an important milestone."

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York.

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
And this without the RBA resorting to the "No Parking" signs implemented by the Bank of Japan - negative interest rate - and the European Central Bank - negative deposit rate - both of which are trying to cheapened their currencies to stimulate their ...