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Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... Canada but Japan had rarely been on headlines in recent times. It's back again when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went to Washington to meet with the US president about North Korea and trade. Early reports were encouraging with Trump announcing at their ...

WHSP appoints new chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company has appointed a new chief financial officer after the incumbent resigned from the position. The post will be filled by David Grbin, who most recently was the CFO of Grays eCommerce. Grbin has worked in various ...

Banking veteran retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... businesses in Australia and New Zealand. He's also worked as a stockbroker with the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said Hodges has made a significant contribution ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... new team members will play a significant role in managing these relationships," he said. The two appointments follow Washington H. Soul Pattinson's 1H18 results, which showed that Pengana's performance drove the group's investment management portfolio ...

Pengana drives WHSP finance portfolio up 43pct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The performance of Pengana Capital Group, which was created following the Hunter Hall merger last year, drove Washington H. Soul Pattinson's 1H18 portfolio up 43.3%. Pengana delivered a $1.9 million contribution to WHSP's net profit during the period. ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... persist. Chair Janet Yellen emphasised this once more in her speech at the Group of 30 International Banking Seminar, Washington last night: "PCE inflation readings over the past several months have been surprisingly soft...The recent softness seems ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... negative impact on the US Budget deficit. Reuters reports that: "The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington-based policy group, estimated on Wednesday the plan contained about $5.8 trillion of total tax cuts over a decade and would ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Expensive valuations, concerns that the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang could escalate into a real nuclear one, the possible breach of the US debt ceiling and, lately, Hurricane Harvey - singly or combined - couldn't dent positive sentiment ...

Perpetual case dismissed in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Although Perpetual's shareholder oppression case against Washington H Soul Pattinson was dismissed by the Federal Court on Monday, chief executive Geoff Lloyd said his group was simply acting in the best interests of unitholders. Perpetual, which retains ...

Manager lists after $3bn merger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... Pengana Capital Group Limited (ASX: PCG). Pengana chief executive Russel Pillemer will become chief executive of PCG and Washington H Soul Pattinson director Warwick Negus will become chair. The PCG board will also comprise Robert Barry, Jeremy Dunkel ...