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Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... conviction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again when it meets on the first Tuesday of October - taking the official cash rate to a new record low of 0.75%. The All Ordinaries index gained 0.5% and the yield on 10-year ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Two down, none to go! There was division at the Fed - one official wanted a 50 bps rate cut; two wanted the target rate maintained - but after all was said and done, they were outvoted by the majority of seven (led by Fed chair Powell) which didn't ...

Departures on Aberdeen Standard fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Two experienced investors have left Aberdeen Standard Investments' $4.8 billion Australian fixed income team and the manager is now flying in support from London and recruiting for a new credit investor. Jasmin Argyrou, investment director on Australian ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
The Putting Members' Interests First superannuation reforms are almost through parliament. The House of Representatives moved to pass the Putting Members' Interests First bill on Monday, making insurance in super opt-in only for under-25s. The bill ...

Pinnacle ramps up distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Pinnacle is expanding its distribution team with a new appointment from JCP Investment Partners. Wes Campbell will be joining Pinnacle as director, distribution. He was most recently executive director and head of business development at JCP Investment ...

Centuria reveals new fund manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Centuria Property Funds has appointed Jesse Curtis as fund manager of Centuria Industrial REIT. Curtis will take over from current fund manager, Ross Lees, who was recently promoted to head of funds management for the wider Centuria real estate platform. ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Freeze frame. Financial markets the world over would be in a sort of suspended animation as they await the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's September FOMC meeting. This time, there's no "will they, won't they" question to be answered ...

Government moves to expand design, distribution laws

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Consultation is open for exposure draft regulations extending the Federal government's design and distribution obligations. The government has released updated design and distribution obligations, which now extend to investor directed portfolio services ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Financial Standard already said its piece several days before the European Central Bank's (ECB) September 12 meeting, concluding that: "Super Mario would want to go out with a bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate ...

Expert hopeful ASIC understands MDA benefits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
The future of managed discretionary accounts and the role of ASIC in shaping that future emerged as a point of discussion during a panel session at Financial Standard's recent Managed Account Forum. Asking Philo Capital Advisers chief executive ...