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Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Joggin' Joe hits the ground running. Not soon after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves and went to work. Hours after his inauguration, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The Morrison government has released its Mid-Year Economic Financial Outlook (MYEFO), proving the old saying 'You must spend money to make money' right. This quote, generally attributed to Roman playwright, poet and philosopher Titus Maccius ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The Fed's final act for the pandemic year 2020 was inaction. At the conclusion of its December FOMC meeting, the US Federal Reserve said: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects it ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
A retail MySuper fund delivered the best returns in the three years to October, the latest Rainmaker league table shows, but on an aggregate industry superannuation funds outranked peers. Australian Ethical Super's balanced accumulation fund (6.7% ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Team Australia has done it! There are still some naysayers but using the internationally-accepted and widely-used measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is considering making changes to its MySuper Heatmap to reflect the reforms proposed by the government in the federal budget. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Online Chair ...

Magellan, Barclays back new firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Magellan Financial Group and Barclays have signed on as foundation investors in a new financial services firm which is launching with former Challenger chief Brian Benari as its chief executive. Barrenjoey Capital Partners is slated for a mid-2021 launch ...

AFA to host virtual conference

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
The Association of Financial Advisers will host a virtual conference via live broadcast from October 14-15. The AFA VISION Conference will be filmed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and broadcast live to delegates across Australia. Sessions ...

WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Geoff Wilson's $3 billion Wilson Asset Management has acquired the management rights for embattled alternatives investment company Blue Sky. On May 20 last year, Blue Sky Alternative Investments announced it had been forced into receivership, with Oaktree ...