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Aussie equities trading volume jumps at Liquidnet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Global and Aussie asset managers traded about $12 billion in Australian equities on Liquidnet's network in 2018, swelling 20% over the previous year. The increased volumes were a result of Australian members of the network using more algo trading ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
It appeared that not only us, Australians all, were celebrating Australia Day on January 26. Our American brethren were too... but for a different reason. The Dow rose by 0.7% on the day (January 25 in New York); the S&P 500 increased 0.8% and the Nasdaq ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Over the past 20 years, Australians have increasingly paid more for their meat at Australia Day barbecues. They're also more conscious about drinking alcohol to excess and should eat fruit salad. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said sausages ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Pop that cork! Roll out the barrels... the barrels of fun! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tracking of the labour market shows that we've got jobs and they're multiplying. Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

Wells Fargo AM chief moves to BMO

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
BMO Global Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of its current leader. Joining BMO Global Asset Management in March is Kristi Mitchem. She will replace Richard Wilson on March 18. Mitchem is the current chief ...

FSC extends life code consultation deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... submissions to the new code. "We want interested parties to know that the period for consultation has been extended until 31 January - there is still time to get your views heard," Loane said. The ultimate goal, she said, is for the code to be registered ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
"Capital Economics sees the local currency falling to US60c this year and hovering there through 2020; it previously forecast it at US65c for 2019 and US70c for 2020." (Australian Financial Review) That's a whopping 15%-16% drop from A$/US$ exchange ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
What a world of difference a year makes! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just released its World Economic Outlook Update, the heading: A Weakening Global Expansion. Says it all, really...and for a synopsis: "The global expansion has weakened. ...

Amundi Asset Management Australia chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
The chief executive of Amundi Asset Management Australia has departed following a restructure that will shift the business' sales and client servicing functions to a local distributor. Brian Scott was the chief executive of Amundi Asset Management Australia ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
"Not happy, Jan!" For the young ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our ...