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Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... strengthening US dollar it notched up in 2018. "...spending being maintained in both the corporate and household sectors"? Retail sales slowed for the third straight month to 0.6% in the year to January from 1.3% in the previous month. Core machinery ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... trajectory of the Australian economy remains ominous, if not outright disastrous. Indicators released this week - retail sales, business confidence and conditions, consumer sentiment, lending to households and businesses - all but confirm the weakening ...

Channel Capital head of retail departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Management and worked in equity derivatives sales before that. In January 2018, it hired Byron Slessar who was a retail sales director at Janus Henderson Investors. As a senior business development manager at Contango, Chanique will focus on building ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... supports these predictions, underscored by the continued downtrend in fixed asset investment, industrial production and retail sales. Not to mention the lead from the Caixin China composite PMI which has declined to within a whisker of stall speed (50.9) ...

Colonial First State hires retail sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Colonial First State has hired a new head of retail sales from BT Financial Group. Bryce Quirk was most recently BT Financial Group's head of adviser distribution platform where he led a national sales team of more than 45 people and the distribution ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... constitutes the bulk of household spending that, in turn, accounts for about 70% of the US economy - showed that US retail sales dropped by 1.2% in the month of December - the biggest monthly drop in more than nine years (September 2009) - following ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... construction index dug deeper into construction territory (42.6) in November; and, despite the better-than expected November retail sales report, household goods retailing increased by a mere 0.1% (year-on-year) from 3.4% in the previous month. This ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... Abernethy departed the business in late October. CFS state manager for Queensland John Hoffman is acting in the head of retail sales role and a recruitment process is currently underway. Commenting on his new role, Abernethy said he is delighted to be ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... at AMP. At AMP, Murphy was focused on business development for the group's platform and insurance offers. Head of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said the appointments come off the back of recently launched MetLife Protect, a life insurance product to help ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... household consumption indicate that Japanese businesses would be unable to charge higher prices. The annual growth in retail sales slowed to 2.1% in September following a 2.7% increase in the previous month. Similarly, the year-on-year growth in imports ...

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