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Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Honner PritchittBland Mountain Media Reverb Media SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR BT Zurich Future Super Australian Ethical Rest Super VIDEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR BT PIMCO Vanguard Hostplus Praemium WEBSITE OF THE YEAR ClearBridge Investments Aware ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
As expected, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy board decided to keep current settings unchanged at its April meeting. Ever the optimist, the BOJ summarised its view in its "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2021)" report, saying ...

Citi hires transition management expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Citi has welcomed a State Street veteran to lead its Asia Pacific transition management and portfolio solutions team. James Clark joins as a director based in Singapore where he has been located for the past 16 years. Clark will be responsible for managing ...

New firm joins Count Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... our adviser network, and I have no doubt that the StrategyOne team will fit in well and bring tremendous knowledge to the rest of our Membership, given our 'best practice sharing' ethos," he said. Recently, CountPlus member firm Kidmans acquired the ...

New partnership for BC Investment Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
BC Investment Group has partnered with Novatti to launch a new banking business in Australia. Payments company Novatti confirmed the $15 million strategic partnership in an announcement to the ASX. Once regulatory approval is granted, Novatti will be ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
The Eurozone is back - back in recession, that is, dragged down into a double-dip by the coronavirus -- its resurgence (third time unlucky), its variants and the slow pace of vaccinations. Preliminary estimates released by Eurostat show the single-currency ...

Value of internet search for stock markets revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
New research from RMIT has found that suppressing internet searches creates stock market instability. The research reviewed the impact on stock markets of Google's decision in 2010 to unexpectedly withdraw its search business from China. It found that ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... COVID-19's still devastating many parts of the world. The Fed and other central banks and governments aren't going to rest easy until the pandemic is over and done with.

Super fund in-houses advice service

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... by internalising its general advice service and hiring several managerial positions to the employer division. From July, Rest's general advice team will work in-house, a service currently provided by Link Advice. The general advice team will sit within ...