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Former JPMAM executive joins boutique advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... and seeing them achieve their financial goals," Walker said. The two appointments signal Profile's commitment to the Central West region, following its merger with Mudgee practice onePlan last year. "We are delighted that Stephen and Jessica are ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
A $10.5 billion boutique in Challenger's multi-affiliate investment arm has appointed a chief operating officer. Tracy Kellett is joining fixed income manager Ardea Investment Management as its first chief operating officer. Kellett is well known ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... of the US Federal Reserve this year - a quick downshift from two 25 basis point increases in the fed funds rate the US central bank officials predicted only a month ago - itself, a downshift from earlier projections for three rate rises. Now, all bets ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive had been growing over the past few months. The latest instalment being the NAB ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... the move as a matter of "national security". The Fed's fresh iteration of being "data dependent" - a given for all central banks on the planet - means zilch given Trump's unpredictability. Case in point, the Fed was on its way towards normalising ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... Australian property market would intensify and that: "The experience from housing downturns in other advanced economies is that central banks nearly always end up cutting policy rates... Capital expects prices in the capital cities to drop 15% from their ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... observed and predicted slowdown in global growth would no doubt bring with it counter-cyclical policies from governments and central banks. The Fed has already changed its policy stance from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to one that would ...

ASIC cracks down on non-compliant AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
ASIC has slapped additional conditions on the AFSL of an advice practice operating on the New South Wales Central Coast. Surveillance by ASIC showed HNW Planning failed to adequately monitor and supervise its representatives. Its audit processes were ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... Bloomberg's Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) and portfolio and risk analytics (PORT) solutions. In December, it hired a former central bank portfolio manager for a Singapore office in a deputy chief investment officer role, and is now looking to ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... the reserve requirement ratio - and promises of more monetary and fiscal stimuli - in China; and expectations that the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. The same expectations go for the Reserve ...