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MFS hunts new retail lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
MFS Investment Management is searching for a new head of retail sales for its local business, as the incumbent heads to London for a new role. MFS has confirmed Ross Cartwright is wrapping up as head of retail, Australia and New Zealand at the end of ...

Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... investment (8.9% in the year to August from 10.3% in the previous month), industrial production (5.3% from 6.4%) and retail sales (2.5% from 8.5%). The biggest uncertainty of all when it comes to investing in China is the uncertainty on how far president ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... describes the latest batch of activity indicators out of China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment that were still stronger than usual -- as they continue to come off the low ...

Boutique hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... spent over three years at AMP Capital in distribution roles, acting as an intermediary between the investment teams, retail sales and marketing teams. In his most recent role as portfolio specialist, Hannigan was responsible for the retail distribution ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... both its manufacturing and services sector had been expanding since May last year and latest activity indicators - retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment - suggest they'll continue to do so. To be sure, there were really no ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... question whose answer will determine future policy moves by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Politburo. Retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment numbers for April suggest that China is gradually coming off the low base ...

Former Franklin Templeton retail head finds new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... in January 2019. Felicity Walsh's role was expanded as head of sales, she now leads both the institutional and retail sales teams. She was previously head of institutional and alternatives. Walsh has been with Franklin Templeton for two and a half ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... for owner occupiers for the construction of new dwellings up by 7.2%. And what we saw in the month of November were retail sales numbers up by 7.1%," Frydenberg said. "All these numbers point in one direction, that jobs are coming back, and that the ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... COVID-19 infections and deaths that, in turn, prompted the re-imposition of restrictions in a number of states. US retail sales dropped by 1.1% in the month of November, following a 0.1% fall in the previous month for its second straight month of decline. ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... - the first positive annual growth rate since September 2019. This is in line with the 6.4%year-on-year growth in retail sales in October that followed an 8.7% drop in the previous month. But it appears that the Japanese government, itself, is not entirely ...