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Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... the 18th of this month. Russia's strengthening economy and credit ratings in the face of sanctions could, like China's President Xi, make him president for life. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... with any of them. Whatever the indicators indicate and the central banks decide on would be null and void should US President Donald Trump make good on his 25/10 tariff threat (25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminium) this week and there's certain retaliation ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... Asia-Pacific head of investment operations and then became managing director of SSGA's India business process outsourcing. SSGA president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala described MacNevin as a 20-year veteran of the firm, adding that he "has ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
"You're going to have protection for the first time in a long time." For better or worse, US President Donald Trump continues to deliver on his campaign promises. Wall Street took Trump's latest promise fulfilment as an excuse to take profits. The Dow ...

Northern Trust appoints head of Australasia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... and head of client services. Before Northern Trust, Calvitto was head of sales and account management at ANZ and vice president, pension fund services at State Street. Madeleine Senior took on the leadership role in 2015. She will now take on a new role ...

BetaShares expands in Queensland

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... national manager, adviser services. Calderwood will be based in Sydney and joins BetaShares from MSCI, where he was vice president - client coverage. Calderwood previously worked at Morgan Stanley, CIBC, Bloomberg and ANZ. Bolstering its Victoria operations ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
Not a single soul could argue with ECB President Mario Draghi's assessment that "euro area economy is expanding robustly" and neither with his self-congratulatory remark that "our measures have put the euro area economy on a solid growth pathway, driven ...

Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
Doggone! The latest batch of money and credit data out of China would have anyone think that President Xi and Premier Li's promise to reduce financial risks by cracking down on debt, excessive leverage, risky loans (through shadow banking) has gone ...

Actuaries Institute names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... source of valuable and strategic advice that helps governments, regulators and companies plan for the future. Institute president John Evans said Grace's experience in public policy has been instrumental in raising the institute's profile in developing ...

BlackRock veteran joins Grant Samuel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... December 2016. Prior to this he spent almost 13 years at Bankers Trust serving as, among other roles, executive vice president, head of fixed income. Early in his career, Miller was a research officer for the Federal Treasury and also served as private ...