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30 January 2017 • By • 1 min read

Credit-funded growth putting strain on China

Chinese policymakers are under increasing pressure to continue supporting economic growth while managing the country’s growing debt levels, according ...

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Commodity prices tipped to rise

High demand from emerging markets looks set to push commodity prices up this coming year, according to Columbia Threadneedle. Commodity prices are ...

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Australia ‘vulnerable to shocks’: Moody’s

Moody’s has reaffirmed Australia’s AAA credit rating while also warning that high household debt levels are exposing the economy to “negative shocks”

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Hunter Hall rejects demands for share buyback

The board of Hunter Hall Global Value has hit back at claims made by Wilson Asset Management regarding the adequacy of its governance and rejected the ...

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Inflation undershoots market expectations

The December 2016 quarter inflation figures have surprised the market on the downside, raising the prospect of another RBA rate cut in coming months

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Virtual bond issued via CBA blockchain platform

The Queensland Treasury Corporation has successfully issued a ‘virtual cryptobond’ using the Commonwealth Bank’s blockchain platform

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Hedge funds outperform equities in 2016

Hedge funds outperformed equities and bonds on a risk-adjusted basis according to a new report from the Alternative Investment Management Association

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Standard Life Investments make ESG hire

Global investment firm Standard Life Investments has appointed Deborah Gilshan as the company’s governance and stewardship director. Ms Gilshan ...

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Pinnacle makes rival bid for Hunter Hall

Pinnacle Investment Management has made a takeover bid for Hunter Hall that is 50 per cent higher than Washington H. Soul Pattinson's ...

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Rising inflation to stay RBA’s hand: QIC

Today’s release of the 2016 December quarter inflation numbers is likely to calm fears about disinflation and stave off an RBA rate cut, according to ...

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