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Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last month to 109.6 in March" (Conference ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept monetary policy settings at its March meeting - short-term key interest rate at minus 0.1% and the target for the 10-year Japanese government bond yield at around 0%. It also pledged that it "will continue with Quantitative ...

Boutique hires fund services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... executive and chair Kent McPhee. Perpetual recently appointed deputy portfolio managers for its Australian equities long-short fund and for the smaller companies fund. The Perpetual Share-Plus Long-Short Fund welcomed Sean Roger as the deputy portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... higher. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 'Labour Force' report shows total employment is 1800 scalps short of the tally recorded last year before the pandemic and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8% - the lowest level since ...

Cboe acquires Chi-X

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... a foothold in the key Asia Pacific region, positioning us to become a truly global marketplace for our customers. "In a short number of years, the Chi-X Asia Pacific team has built their business into one of the largest market operators in Asia Pacific. ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... are shunning professional finance advisers, citing a lack of trust and varying degrees of competence from humans that fall short of their expectations. The majority of consumers (67%) trust robots more than humans to help manage their personal finances ...

APAC lagging on net zero goal: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
A new survey has revealed the APAC region is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to setting clear goals to reach a net-zero carbon emissions target. The survey, published by Robeco, found while the number of investors that have already ...

Perpetual's Garry Laurence starts boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... wholesale investors on May 1. It will hold five-40 stocks, and allow ASX-listed companies, derivatives and up to 30% in short positions. But the fund doesn't plan to gear and will have a net exposure of between 50-100%. "We will look for quality ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... report shows total employment increased by 88.7K heads to 13,006,900 workers in February 2021.While this is 1800 scalps short of the tally recorded last year, it's more than the 13,003,310 total number of employed Australians in March 2020 ("when ...

Changes on Lazard Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... global stewardship committee. Lazard has also hired Justyna Mignani as an analyst on the team. She previously worked at long/short value hedge fund in the United States, according to Morningstar which has retained its bronze rating on the fund after ...