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Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... the fund's investment objectives and formulating strategies aligning with the fund's values alongside the investment committee which he has sat on since 2017. Given the fund's strong values, Hazell will be responsible for selecting ethical and Islamic ...

PM Capital LICs add director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... will also serve on the nominations and corporate governance committees of the Asian Opportunities Fund, and the audit committee of the Global Opportunities Fund. Knoblanche is a former managing director and head of Citigroup Corporate and Investment ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide on June 20. Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... the group that was told about disclosures were more likely to decline the test. "We know that the Parliamentary Joint Committee recommended a moratorium for that and other reasons, but there could be different evidence put forward," Chen said. "I encourage ...

TCorp chair steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... chair and director over the past 10 years." During his tenure on the TCorp board Chronican chaired the Audit and Risk Committee, the board Investment Committee and the People and Remuneration Committee. Chronican will replace Ken Henry as chair of the ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
It appears the Bank of England (BOE) is marching to a different tune. While the BOE's monetary policy committee decided to keep current monetary policy settings at its June meeting just like the Fed and the Bank of Japan, it offered an opposing ...

Frontier adds consultant from WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... as a member of our leadership team." According to his LinkedIn, Newfield also chaired Mercer's New Zealand operations committee and was alternative chair of the investment committee. Newfield is also a qualified actuary, having studied at the University ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... press conference that followed and, the economic projections and expected path of the fed funds rate going forward. "The Committee continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
Maybe not at this month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting but consensus expect the US Federal Reserve to serve Christmas in July with a 25 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate from 2.25%-2.5% to 2%-2.25%. The CME FedWatch Tool ...

UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... Chidgey, who is adding it to his current coverage of diversified financials. Following the changes, the research executive committee will include APAC head of research Damien Horth and four executives for Australia and New Zealand: head of research Simon ...