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Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... which take the pressure off the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting in February." Recall that in its latest (November 2019) Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), the RBA expects headline inflation at 1.9% at the end of December 2019; 1.8% at ...

TCorp hires former Cbus head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... been active in real investments. Earlier this month, TCorp acquired a minority indirect stake in Brussels Airport. In November last year, it acquired an interest in a Canadian hydroelectric generation asset. "TCorp is looking to leverage its evolving ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... that followed the addition of 38,500 jobs in the previous month. The unemployment rate declined to 5.1% from 5.2% in November. The same thing happened on the way to the strong November jobs report (released last 19 December 2019) - markets reduced their ...

Class action accuses CFS of dodgy insurance fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... the filing of the class action in an ASX announcement. CommInsure was sold to AIA Australia, with the sale finalised in November 2019. "CBA and CFSIL are reviewing the claim and will provide any update as required," CBA said.

Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... scandal led to the former chief executive Brian Hartzer stepping down and Peter King appointed as acting chief executive in November last year.

Viridian opens new offices

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
In some pre-holiday spending, Viridian Advisory over 20 new offices in November, and is looking to launch a mobile app in 2020, says chief executive Glenn Calder. The new locations will house advisers that Viridian picked up last year when it acquired ...

Vanguard firms up super team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... manager roles. His appointment comes after Vanguard announced it had appointed Michael Lovett to head the super team in November last year. Lovett left his role on Vanguard's Financial Adviser Services team in the US to relocate to Australia and head ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... 17 countries were affected by SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome - with a total of 8273 cases reported between November 2002 and July 2003 and leaving 775 people dead. This sent the S&P 500 down by 13.7% from a high of 931.7 points in 2003 to 804.2 ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... getting that surplus and bragging about it in the hope of winning the next elections. The Fifth Estate wrote back in November 2019, the "return to surplus" is partly due to reduced spending by the government... on agencies monitoring the environmental ...

Industry fund names new investment chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... investments for Media Super following the resignation of Norman Zhang after just two years in the role. Zhang was appointed in November 2017 as general manager, investments from Frontier Advisors. McQueen will take over from Zhang on February 21, having ...