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The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic growth has so far not translated into higher inflation and as ECB president Mario Draghi noted in the March governing council meeting, rising headline inflation mainly reflected "strong increase in ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... this year (after the first rate hike for 2017 announced last month). The latest report also gives meat to Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren's comment that "the process [of shrinking the balance sheet] could begin relatively soon" and not later this ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... side is backing down from a full-scale armed (nuclear or conventional) confrontation. On his visit to Seoul, US vice-president Mike Pence warned that, "The era of strategic patience is over. President Trump has made it clear that the patience of the ...

Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... cases, organisations need to adopt transformational change as we enter a new global investment era," CFA Society Sydney president and managing director of research strategy, Asia Pacific at Morningstar, Anthony Serhan said. "As the drivers of this transformation ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Trump's actions against Syria show that he walks the talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Superannuation Funds of Australia, where he was director external affairs and investment. Prior to that, he was both the president of the Australian Services Roundtable and chief economist at the Financial Services Council. He has also been a government ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... while WTI oil's lower by 5.9% -- with both dropping below the US$50.00 psychological level roundabout the time of US president Trump's failure to get Obamacare repealed/replaced. In its "World Economic Outlook Update" report released in January this ...

Data limiting ethical investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... industry standards in measuring ESG performance is a significant barrier to full integration. State Street executive vice president and head of global exchange and global markets Lou Maiuri said the promise of ESG integration is grounded in data transparency ...

Nikko AM restructures fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... recent news that former parent company Suncorp decided to reshape its investment strategy and operating model. Global president and chief executive Takumi Shibata said: "We have enjoyed a long and successful partnership with Suncorp, and now we are focusing ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... the message at the 9 January meeting - speculations gathered greater momentum after a sentence was deleted out of ECB president Mario Draghi's "Introductory Statement". "If warranted to achieve its objective, the Governing Council will act by using all ...