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Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". But not for Mexico, it appears, especially when the words come from POTUS. US President Trump's rhetoric about "building a wall along the US-Mexican border"...and making Mexico pay ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
"We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning." (Donald Trump) POTUS appears to be fulfilling another of his campaign promises if the latest stats on the country's international trade are anything to go by. The US ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Led by the Australian Bankers' Association, Australia's largest banks are launching new initiatives aimed at improving customer satisfaction. The Better Banking program consists of three key steps. These are a renewed commitment to support customers ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Yes people, we are now staring at Dow 20,000! For sure, the Dow as an equity market measure is flawed and that in terms of market and economic fundamentals, this means diddly-squat. However, in the world of technical analysts, this is the mark where ...

Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Challenger will welcome a head of fixed income from Aberdeen Asset Management. Current Aberdeen head of fixed income for Asia Pacific, Victor Rodriguez will join Challenger in April to lead its fixed income portfolio capabilities for Challenger Life ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Latest data show that UK retail spending dropped big time in December. Total retail sales declined by 1.9% over the month of December following a 0.1% decrease in the previous month. This much sharper than market expectations for a 0.1% dip and is the ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Don't worry, be happy. Preliminary estimates show that the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -4.9 in January from -5.1 in the previous month. While ...

Online lender appoints new CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The former chief financial officer at SocietyOne is joining another online lender as its new CFO. OnDeck Australia, an online lender specialising in small business loans, has appointed Jerry Yohananov as its new CFO. Yohananov has more than 25 years' ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November from October. This is in line with market expectations, the lowest in seven years (September 2009) and an improvement from the 10.5% rate recorded in the same month a year earlier. ...

Westpac provides head start to wealth management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
Two-thirds of Australian parents worry about how financially astute their children will be by the time they graduate high school and Westpac is offering a $200 head start. As part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, the bank has developed the 'Bump' ...