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Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... rate unchanged at its 1-2 May meeting would take comfort that their guess is correct for apart from the fact that the US central bank lifted the fed funds rate by 25 bps to 1.75% just last month. The Beige Book's general assessment of economic conditions ...

New chair, deputy chair for industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... former national vice president and vice president of the Queensland Council of Unions, and former branch secretary of the central and southern Queensland branch of the Australian Services Union. In announcing the board rotation, CareSuper thanked Wood ...

AMP admits to serious misconduct in RC submissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... clients to an AMP licensee under a BOLR arrangement. "Upon acquisition by the licensee, the clients were placed into a central pool. For so long as the clients remained in the central pool, they did not receive services but AMP licensees continued to ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... "earnings-accretive" for the group. CountPlus also said Walker & Andrews is a complementary fit for Robson Partners in the Central Coast region, as the former does not presently engage in financial planning services. Both Stephen Walker and Gerard Andrews ...

IFM partners to slash carbon emissions in $12bn fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... the assets in its Australian Infrastructure Fund," CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said. "Infrastructure assets are central to our economic and social well-being. They are usually large, expensive and built for the long term. It is absolutely critical ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... man. The rationales he put forward are all rational. The RBA governor underscored four themes underpinning the Australian central bank's perspective on the domestic economy's cyclical progress: "The first is the strong growth in employment." "The second ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... could be one of the reasons behind the BOE's signalling that another small increase in interest rates is nigh. The British central bank last lifted the Bank Rate from 0.25% to 0.5% in November last year. Financial markets expect the BOE to announce another ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... goings-on in the domestic economy more than shackled by the on-going trade war uncertainty. So much so, that when the Indian central bank met on 5 April and kept monetary policy settings unchanged - repo rate unchanged at 6.0%; reverse repo rate at 5.75% ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% that day with the policy statement underscoring its optimism over the country's ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... difficult to speculate the return of Chinese consumers to the retail shops. More importantly, easing growth is exactly what central command wants. It's targeting growth of 6.5% this year from 6.9% in 2017. If Trump's protectionism gets in the way, the ...