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Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The highly anticipated US-China 'phase one' trade agreement has finally come to pass - signed, sealed and delivered on January 15. The deal involves China committing to buy at least an additional US$200 billion worth of US goods and services ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
In between coughs on this smokey, hazy summer's day in Melbourne - yes, the bushfires are still raging and I can smell and taste the smoke as I write - two headlines caught my attention this morning. The first one is from Reuters (14 January 2020) ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The world economy would advance by 2.5% this year, a tad stronger than the "post-crisis low" of 2.4% estimated for 2019. This is the World Bank's prediction contained in its January 2020 'Global Economic Prospects' report, noting that: "While ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is considering making changes to how it administers about 570,000 defined benefit member accounts as its existing systems age. CSC has invited interested companies to submit proof-of-concepts for a core registry ...

VFMC chief risk officer to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
VFMC has confirmed its chief risk officer is set to exit later this month, appointing a former Vanguard executive to the role on an interim basis. In a statement to Financial Standard, VFMC chief executive Lisa Gray has confirmed Bryony Hayes will depart ...

First Sentier hires AMP Capital portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
First Sentier has added an AMP Capital portfolio manager to its multi-asset team as an existing senior portfolio manager moves to the co-head role. Heath Palos joined First Sentier's multi-asset solutions team on Monday. In his most recent role ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
A superannuation sector veteran has been appointed to the board of Sunsuper, helping lift female representation on the board to 40%. Cate Wood has joined the Sunsuper board, bringing with her more than 20 years in leadership roles in profit-for-member ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
"MPs voted to give third reading to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) by 330 to 231 - a majority of 99 - which allows the bill to sail through to the House of Lords where peers will begin line by line scrutiny next week." This the latest news from ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Crude oil prices rose in the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
Global investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has overnight announced new reporting structures for its financial results, in a move that will align the bank closer with its Wall Street peers. The changes come just a week short of the bank's fourth-quarter ...