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Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Just when we thought Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
It's bad news day on Wall Street overnight with all four its benchmark equity market indices flashing red. The S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq dropped by 0.9% each, while the Russell 2000 had a smaller decline of 0.3%. The financial literati were ...

Final days to nominate in 2021 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Nominations for the 2021 Financial Standard MAX Awards recognising the best in marketing, advertising and sales are closing soon. Returning as a live event following a successful shift to virtual last year, the Financial Standard MAX Awards will take ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Australia is back! Back on track after its economy was cruelly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This space had been ranting about the virtuous cycle that had been circling around the nation since activity and business and consumer sentiment indicators ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
A Sydney multi-boutique has signed on a passive fund that tracks Bitcoin and will offer it to Australian investors. The fund is managed by Arrano Capital and is open to institutional investors and will be distributed by Mantis Funds. It is Caymans domiciled ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

MetLife expands virtual health service

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
MetLife Australia has partnered with a healthcare provider to expand its virtual services for financial advisers. Teladoc Health will provide holistic health management via MetLife's 360Health program. Virtual services will include mental health assistance ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
Despite some delays and hiccups in the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine in Australia, cases of infections are virtually next to nil and life had slowly been returning to pre-pandemic normal. So much so, that in its 'Economic Outlook' March ...

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The corporate regulator will take a "no action" position on companies holding their annual general meetings via videoconferencing as the COVID protections lapse. ASIC's no action position will: support the holding of meetings using appropriate technology ...