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JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... It also impacted JBWere chief investment officer Sally Auld, but she has since been appointed successor to NAB chief economist Alan Oster who is set to retire.

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... leading to a decline in productivity - a key catalyst in the deterioration of living standards, according to AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. Oliver said productivity growth has been constrained by a cocktail of factors, including very strong population ...

Commonwealth Bank names chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed Luke Yeaman as its new chief economist and head of global economic and markets research. Yeaman is currently a deputy secretary in the Department of Treasury and head of their macroeconomic group, a position he's ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has shared his "worry list" for 2025, outlining the risk of recession, trade wars and geopolitical turmoil. Oliver said just as with 2024, the list of concerns for investors heading into 2025 is long, and "even more ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... to growth. GDP per capita fell by 0.3%, falling for the seventh straight quarter. State Street Global Advisors APAC economist Krishna Bhimavarapu said the data came in under expectations. "The data confirms our worst fears of muted economic growth. Once ...

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Alan Oster will retire from NAB as chief economist after 32 years in the role, with Sally Auld set to replace him. Oster, who will finish at NAB at the end of March 2025, joined NAB in 1992 and built a respected economics function, the bank said. NAB ...

InvestSense marks 10th birthday

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... group said in marking the milestone. It is now eyeing further growth, including with a new educational video series with economist Andrew Hunt called 10 Critical Themes Shaping the Global Economy. The series covers emerging trends and opportunities in ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... but have not yet started the recovery, will be well-placed to see strong returns in years to come," Knight Frank chief economist Ben Burston said. Burston expects core assets in Sydney to "lead the way" amid the recovery. "Within Sydney, the industrial ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... this was the first time annual wage growth had fallen below 4% since the June 2023 quarter. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Stephen Wu said the reading was softer than what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was expecting. "The big drop in the annual ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... partially offset the fall seen in September as the October boost was driven by a number of one-off major events," CBA chief economist Stephen Halmarick said. Halmarick said household spending was unlikely to meaningfully move higher until there is an ...