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Two senior hires at Integrity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... next year. It is currently conducting the pilot of its retail products and proprietary systems. Managing director Chris Powell said as Integrity draws closer to the retail launch, it is significantly bolstering the retail team. The appointments follow ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
We may have a Santa Claus rally this year after all! US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spooked us all - in the Halloween month of October - when, in an interview with PBS, he declared that: "The really extremely accommodative low interest rates ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
I commented about the tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears on Wall Street yesterday, and Monday's action on 'The Street' shows they're still tugging and pulling. It's so easy to commentate on the day-to-day action on Wall Street ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears continues on Wall Street as 2018 draws to a close. Whether this state of affairs - or better yet, resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... 17.5% recorded on August 29. US President Donald Trump continues to blame the Fed: "Every time we do something great, he [Powell] raises interest rates... I'm just saying this, I'm very unhappy with the Fed because Obama had zero interest rates." ...

Integrity Life names head of retail product

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... group insurance and is piloting retail products with a group of specialist insurance advisers. Managing director Chris Powell told Financial Standard that big institutions still use legacy systems that aren't capable of detecting or reporting issues ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... inauspicious developing in the US economy. In addition, Trump's continued attacks on the Fed would make it more likely for Powell to follow through to underscore the Fed's independence from Trump.

Female excellence in advice title awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... awarded the Association of Financial Advisers/TAL Female Excellence in Advice Award for 2018. Mt. Pleasant-based Donna Lee Powell was recognised for her work with women facing life-changing events. Commencing her career in 1995, Powell launched her own ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... inflation is expected to rise to 2.1% over the next three years from 2.0% this year. In his press statement, Fed chair Jerome Powell stated the Fed's dilemma over monetary policy, "One is if we move too quickly we snuff out a recovery unnecessarily ...