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Franklin Templeton veteran readies two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A global equities boutique launched by a Franklin Templeton veteran is getting ready to pitch two new Aussie-domiciled funds to private wealth firms and wholesale clients down under. Bahamas-based Holowesko Partners is aiming to launch in the next two ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, Our troubles will be out of sight..." - Judy Garland Yes, Virginia, it looked like that over the past few weeks and into the first days of the Christmas month. The rally in ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
It's a hat trick! Three central bank meetings, all three cut interest rates, all three policy decisions a surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the official cash rate by 50 bps to a new record low of 1% at its August meeting. This ...

Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
A financial advice firm catering to Australian expats is set to establish a new office in Dubai. Atlas Wealth Management will open a new office in Dubai, located in the Dubai International Finance Centre. The goal of the expansion is for Atlas to provide ...

New directors join Frontier Advisors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
Asset consultancy group Frontier Advisors has appointed two new board directors. Cbus board director John Edwards and HESTA board director Deborah Cole have joined the Frontier board. Edwards and Cole will replace long-standing directors Cbus chief ...

Praemium moves Smartfunds into UAE

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Praemium is taking five Smartfund products to the United Arab Emirates, leveraging a local bank's distribution network as it expands its footprint in the Gulf region. The ASX-listed SMA provider has gained regulatory approval from the Securities ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... 2.0% in the year to the September quarter after languishing at the record low 1.9% over the past four quarters. Good but... Bah, humbug! This is less than market expectations for a pick up to 2.2% and worse, the September quarter's wage growth figure ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Bah, humbug! This appears to be the message from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on retail spending. The report showed that domestic retail sales fell by 0.1% in the month of December following a small 0.1% gain in the previous ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Despite the prominence of infrastructure as a standalone asset class, the absence of a widely accepted benchmark makes it difficult for investors to analyse the asset class, according to executive director, head of infrastructure research at J.P. Morgan ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 104.1 in September from an upwardly revised 101.8 in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the ...