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Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
Life insurers are urgently realising the need to be more customer-focused by collaborating with new entrants to the industry once deemed a threat. This is the view of insurance companies concerned about how best to tackle the challenges innovation presents ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... do we have a problem? Oil has. It's back in a bear market - with the price of both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping to ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... basis of current futures prices for oil, headline inflation is likely to remain around current levels in the coming months." Brent oil was trading at around US$50 per barrel before the ECB's June meeting. It closed at US$44.68/barrel overnight. Not a ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... happening again after the May 25 extension. Crude oil traded above the psychological US$50/barrel mark - WTI oil at US$50.99; Brent oil at US$53.29 - the day before OPEC announced the output cut extension before resuming its downtrend, taking the price ...

AMP Capital makes key infrastructure hire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
AMP Capital appointed a new investment director for its infrastructure equity team. Brent Tasugi joins AMP Capital's New York office from Oaktree Capital Management, where he was a senior vice president overseeing North American transportation, logistics ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... non-members by 600,000 barrels per day starting 1 January 2017 and would last for six months, sending oil prices soaring. Brent oil ended the year 2016 at US$54.96/barrel - up 50.1% for the full year and up 111.3% from the 2016 low of US$26.01/barrel ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... imports rose by 1.2% in the year to February, this appears to be a function of the surge in oil prices over the same period - Brent oil jumped by 55.1% over the same period. This is underscored by the sharp increase in imports of mineral fuels (up38.1%) ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... way into the domestic economy - and this comes at a time when crude oil prices have started to reverse their upward trend. Brent oil prices have slumped by 8.8% from their 2017 highs while the price of WTI oil has fallen by 11.0%. Not surprisingly, 10-year ...

TCorp unveils new leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
TCorp confirmed its new executive lineup, following news yesterday of Stewart Brentnall's appointment as chief investment officer. In addition to Brentnall, TCorp has also welcomed Paul Verschuer as its new general manager, financial markets; formerly ...

ANZ appoints wealth CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
ANZ named the man to take over the reins as chief investment officer for its Wealth Australia division. Mark Rider, currently head of investment strategy and asset allocation, will step into the role as of 10 March 2017. Rider succeeds Stewart Brentnall ...