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Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... And the outlook is bleak, with the reading on forward orders declining to -1 in December from 0 in November and +3 in October. This is consistent with the latest read from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment showing that pessimists ...

Aussie equities trading volume jumps at Liquidnet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... role, she was Liquidnet's head of product for Asia Pacific. She was appointed Liquidnet's new head of Australia in October, 2018 after former head Murrough O'Brien left to take up the job of Chi-x's director for institutional sales in ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... light of challenging market conditions that are believed to continue for the foreseeable future." In the 12 months to October 2018 the fund recorded a net return of -4.78%. Over five years the net return sits at 1.73%. "We believe it is in the best interests ...

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Dover Financial Advisers before jumping to Synchron in May 2018. According to ASIC FAR, Geappen ceased as an adviser in October 2018. ASIC said it had reason to believe Geappen was not adequately trained or competent to provide financial services nor ...

AUB Group hires chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Cover-More and has previously held roles with QBE, EY, Accenture and IBM. Searles will move into an advisory position until October, 2019. AUB Group chair David Clarke said: "We are delighted to have secured someone of Mike's calibre, with his strong ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... US$0.50. It cushioned the Australian economy during the GFC when it dropped from US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 to US$0.6036 on 27 October 2008 when the global financial system was in chaos. The A$/US$ exchange rate has now depreciated by 11.9% versus the ...

Australia still low on trust barometer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... NGOs (74%). The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report is based on an online survey of 33,000 people in 27 markets between October and November last year.

Australian Ethical adds operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... strategy, focusing on the customer and technology. A spokesperson for Australian Ethical said Plow resigned at the end of October 2018 to pursue other opportunities. He was in the role for less than 12 months. Heng joins from the Railway and Transport ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... building contracted for a fifth consecutive month in December... It was also the softest reading on housing activity since October 2012 and was associated with a fifth month of contraction in new orders," which "continued to contract in December, and ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... really...and for a synopsis: "The global expansion has weakened. Global growth for 2018 is estimated at 3.7%, as in the October 2018 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast, despite weaker performance in some economies, notably Europe and Asia. The global ...