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ANZ appoints wealth CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... 2013, prior to which he spent 16 years at UBS in senior economics and global asset management roles and a decade as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia. In the new role Rider will be responsible for the delivery of all aspects of ANZ's investment ...

Help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... advertisements quickened to 7.1% from 3.7% in December - the fastest pace since August 2016. According to ANZ chief economist Felicity Emmett, the bounce in ANZ job ads, along with modest increases in other leading indicators, lends support to our view ...

J.P. Morgan bullish on several asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... break out of its current rate unless 2017 sees a meaningful lift in productivity growth, according to J.P. Morgan chief economist Sally Auld. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney and Melbourne last week, Auld said she expects ...

Former Suncorp executive joins ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... biannual report was first published in 2011. Respondents rated their comfort as 5.55 out of 10. According to ME consulting economist Jeff Oughton, the reasons for income concerns were clear. "Only 32% of households reported 'income gains' over the past ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur at the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. Baur told attendees there are currently four fading ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... industries (manufacturing and retail declined) - but employment remained unchanged at low reading of 1 in December. NAB chief economist Alan Oster is cautiously optimistic: "the rebound in business conditions is certainly encouraging, but at this stage ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Renowned economist Saul Eslake says Australia is exposed to several global economic turning points in 2017 and each of the varying outcomes will require significant attention from investment managers. Eslake says there are many questions hanging over ...