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Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... projected in the 2017/18 Budget. To be sure, these are ancient stats but they also underscore the fact that this lucky country is facing these heightened uncertainties from a strong base. More up-to-date report on the country's labour market delivers ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
At first glance, the acceleration of China's year-on-year consumer price inflation in September to a seven-month high of 2.5% from 2.3% provides a positive indication that domestic demand remains healthy. However, the devil is always in the details. ...

JP Morgan Asset Management grows distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... executive director, institutional client advisor. She will be based in Melbourne, reporting directly to the firm's Australian country head Rachel Farrell. JPMAM said Basoor's remit will include responsibility for deepening relationships with the firm's ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians are the second-most optimistic about retirement, according to new SSGA research that compared retirement satisfaction levels across eight countries. SSGA's Global Retirement Reality Report polled 9400 people across Australia, US, UK ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... to regulation, Australia has always tried to reinvent the wheel instead of fishing for good global standards that the country might be able to import. "We have the gold standard of investment credentials as far as the world is concerned. Will FASEA recognise ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Be afraid, be very afraid. This appears to be the foreboding flashing on investors' dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Just when we thought the times of central bank surprises were things of the past, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought them back. The RBI kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6.25% - at the conclusion of its October ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... purpose of the school banking program is to encourage regular savings habits, and increase financial literacy around the country." Jones clarified the payments CBA makes to schools, saying they are based on the number of participating students, and only ...

ASIC offers fee relief to drought-affected farmers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... the needs of our customers. "We are always looking at how we can better support towns and communities right across the country, and so we are committing to keeping our regional and rural branches in drought-affected regions open while they remain in ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... diversity in the 2017 proxy season. It also voted against 581 companies in the first half of this year through several country proxy voting seasons.