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Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... that retail spending goes back to its glory days of 6%-8% annual growth will remain just that. Latest data showed retail sales increased by 2.9% in the year to June and the reversal in consumer sentiment does not bode well for increased spending going ...

MetLife revamps relationship management and underwriting teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... senior underwriter at Zurich Life and Macquarie Life and a field underwriter with AMP/AXA. MetLife Australia read of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said sales and underwriting work closely together with a one team mindset to support licensees and advisers. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... Sluggish wage growth (no growth in real wages) would put further pressure on already lacklustre consumer spending - retail sales growth slowed to 2.5% in the year to May from 2.7% in April and 3.1% in March - that leads to lower inflation as businesses ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... December 2017 quarter - the slowest since the third quarter of 2014. So far consumer spending seems to be holding up - retail sales up by 5.4% in the year to the December 2017 quarter from 4.6% in the previous quarter, but with wages growth stalling ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The US consumer is back...and with a vengeance. Retail sales rebounded by a higher than expected 0.6% in the month of March following three consecutive months of declines - 0.1% in December, -0.2% in January, -0.1% in February - that took the annual ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... 42-month low of 4.3% in January; March consumer confidence improved to its best level since May 2017; and, February retail sales grew by 1.5% year-on-year, unchanged from January but also the fastest since August year. The same goes for businesses with ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... February could be treated none other but a very welcome surprise. The latest result took the annual rate of growth in retail sales up to 3% from 2.1% in January. Wait, there's more! According to Ben James - Director of Quarterly Economy Wide Surveys ...

MetLife makes senior hire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... licensees rely on to help them navigate the changing world of life insurance for their clients," MetLife head of retail sales, Matt Lippiatt said.

JBWere senior analyst joins Perennial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... Sachs. His appointment follows Perennial revamping its retail division with the appointment of Cesar Farfan as head of retail sales. Farfan joined Perennial's investment team in 2015, prior to which he served as a business development manager for IOOF's ...

MetLife expands retail life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... adviser sales implementation manager at Asteron Life and a national manager of business management at NAB. Head of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said Sugden and Howard will further strengthen the firm's retail capabilities. "We want to be the partner advisers ...