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Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis) to 1.8% in the March quarter from 2.4% in the year to the December 2018 quarter. ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... healthier compared with the economic, credit and financial market seizure that produced the 'Great Recession' of a decade ago. So what gives? US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at his press conference after the FOMC's March meeting. ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... 1940-1945) but Churchill's words now resonate in the conundrum most major world central banks face - low (even multi-decade low) unemployment rates and low (even easing) inflation. For all intents and purposes, the Fed's "policy of patience" ...

NSX managing director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The managing director of the National Stock Exchange of Australia is set to leave after 10 years. The NSX has announced Ann Bowering has decided not to extend her contract, and will leave the stock exchange on July 5. Bowering served as managing director ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Australia has departed, with a new general manager role introduced. After a decade with the custodian, David Travers has left RBC Investor & Treasury Services. A spokesperson confirmed the departure, saying ...

Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... according to the latest Janus Henderson Dividend Index. Global dividends now sit at almost twice the level they were at a decade ago when the index started in 2009, Janus Henderson said. They rose 7.8% on a headline basis in the first quarter striking ...

Frontier Advisors adds consultants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... existing clients. Leslie joins from Mercer where he has been an investment consultant since 2016. He first joined Mercer a decade ago as a superannuation consultant. Meanwhile, Hoe joins from Lonsec where he served as a senior investment analyst for ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... capitalisation. This is split across not-for-profit funds (35%), followed by SMSFs (24%) and retail funds (41%). Over the past decade, super funds' rate of ownership has increased by 9.4% p.a. Rainmaker estimates that super funds hold more than 20% ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... wages party going? Especially if you consider the US and UK experience - where the unemployment rates have dropped to multi-decade lows and yet wages growth, though accelerating, remains relatively slow.

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... 65. Using data from mortality research house Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau, KPMG is now anticipating a "lost decade" of life expectancy improvements between 2009 and 2019. Mortality assumptions remain key for pension schemes, KPMG said, as ...