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Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
US president Donald Trump is envious of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Perhaps it's P-envy (I don't have to spell the word, my head will be summarily chopped off), but US President Trump admitted as much about a year and half ago and before he ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A new disciplinary system for financial advisers with a central disciplinary body headlines the government's Royal Commission implementation roadmap released today. Revealing how the government will tackle the 76 recommendations made by Commissioner ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

Zurich chief to depart, successor named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... Justin is looking forward to working with them immensely." He also thanked Bailey, crediting him with growing Zurich from a mid-tier player to a market leader in Australia. "One of the many drivers of this success has been Tim's focus on organisational ...

AMP announces new strategy, capital raise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... represent about 433 million new shares or 14.7% of AMP's existing issued capital. The raise is anticipated to be complete by mid-September. "The capital raising and the AMP Life sale will provide the funds to implement immediately our new transformational ...

HSBC chief abruptly resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The global chief executive of HSBC has stepped down after mutually agreeing with the board that change was necessary for the bank to move forward in an increasingly challenging environment. John Flint exited HSBC Holdings plc on August 5 as its group ...

IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... recent high levels of investor demand for access to this attractive asset class." The capital raise is expected to close by mid-September. IPIF said interest in the IPIF Core fund has been particularly strong from high net worth individuals and self-managed ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... once again be exporting deflationary pressure into the global economy. Sure, it was welcomed back in the late-1990's to mid-2000's when global economic activity was going gang-busters. But not now, not now when most major central banks around ...

Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The sustainability of food supply chains has become increasingly important in determining where a $75 billion superannuation fund directs its investments. First State Super chief investment officer Damian Graham has highlighted the importance of addressing ...