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ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... executive Shayne Elliot said: "We will continue to simplify and strengthen the bank, including exiting, shrinking and closing non-core businesses and assets." "We will step up investment to reposition and retool the Australian businesses for targeted ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... expectations for a lift to 1.6% and is the highest reading in five months (November 2018). Similarly, the preliminary measure of core CPI inflation - which excludes food, energy, alcohol & tobacco - jumped to 1.2% from 0.8% in the year the March. This ...

AMP leaks $1.8bn, names new CFO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... dwell too much on the past, but wanted to focus on his priority, "in transforming AMP." "The new AMP will focus on three new core businesses: wealth management, banking and asset management," De Ferrari said. De Ferrari said he found the departure of ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... between two-lows: low unemployment rate (3.8% in March which is a point above a 49-year low) and low inflation - headline and core PCE price index below target at 1.5% and 1.6% in the year to March, respectively. In his Q&A, chair Powell stressed the ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Britain's unemployment rate (3.9% in February) is at 45-year lows but inflation is closer to the 2% target (both headline and core CPI inflation stood at 1.9% in the year to March). Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 3% this ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... December 2018 quarter. This missed market expectations for an already sharp slowdown to 1.5%. A similar trend is evident in the core inflation measures. The trimmed mean inflation gauge softened to 1.6% in the March quarter (from 1.8% in the previous ...

Watermark closes chapter on global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... business, while global equities Harvey Migotti remained until the transition was complete. Watermark will now concentrate on two core strategies in Australian shares; one being equity long/short and the other market neutral. On February 26, chief investment ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) analysed and rated around 200 sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds against 10 core principles and 20 criteria for responsible investing practices, including disclosure practices and the integration of ESG ...

Superannuation fund names innovation, transformation lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... data governance. Hubbard was recently chief information officer at UBank and prior to that was NAB's program director of core banking. Chief executive Vicki Doyle said the innovation and transformation team will provide strategic planning and oversight ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... previous three-month period. Japan's headline consumer price inflation remained at a 15-month low of 0.2% in February while core inflation eased to 0.7% from 0.8% in January and after peaking at 1% in October last year. The latest forward guidance ...