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Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted a pretty picture of the Australian economy in its first board meeting for 2021. RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the conclusion of the Australian central bank's February meeting was optimistic ...

Best, worst investment ideas for 2021: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Innovation-focused investment manager ARK Invest has released its annual Big Ideas report for 2021, highlighting the best and worst investment opportunities out there. When it comes to the worst ideas, ARK said household name NASDAQ listed Intel is ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... one third of investors in NSW are investing to supplement income while 20% want to use their investment earnings to buy a house. The research comes as a surge of activist investors have pushed the share price of US-based retailer Gamestop over 600% in ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The $56 billion industry fund has appointed a cloud investment platform to support its in-house portfolio management. The super fund selected SimCorp's Dimension as a Service to consolidate its investment data into one central location including ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the three-months to December 2020. It would have been lower had it not been for smokers with young children and building a house contributing to the pick-up in the consumer price index. To wit: "The December quarter CPI was primarily impacted by an increase ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a shallower contraction in world output for the year ended 2020 - minus 3.5%, down from the October forecast of a 4.4% contraction and the 4.9% decline it ...

Vale Chi-X founder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... multibillion dollar competitor." Fowler qualified as a computer programmer in 1969 and joined the London Produce Clearing House, which subsequently became the International Commodities Clearing House (ICCH) and then LCH. In 1986, Fowler transferred to ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... more hiring. Australia's successful containment of the COVID-19 outbreak, less impulsive policy-making in the White House, and the wealth effect brought about by the rebound in the property and stock markets should provide additional growth impetus ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... nominated to lead the US Treasury. Yellen is the former US Federal Reserve governor. She was also the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration. Yellen was the first woman to lead the US Fed, and if her nomination ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Investments, is the custodian of the fund, while Ernst & Young act as the auditor. Scaramucci had a short stint as the White House communications director when he became part or Trump's 16-person presidential transition team executive committee in ...