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Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Bloomberg reported: "Trump administration officials are discussing ways to limit U.S. portfolio flows into China." A follow-up article from Reuters stated: "President Donald Trump's administration is considering the possibility of delisting Chinese ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate the growing risks to growth and inflation." The article contained two mea culpas: (one) an erratum - ECB president Marion Draghi's last day at the office is 31 October 2019 and ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
It's not me, it's you! Yes Virginia, you, I and Irene are very well aware of US president Donald J. Trump's Twitter attacks on the Fed. The last, most significant one was right after US Federal chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... jokes), but I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled "The worst surplus ever: 'Obsession' rocking the Australian economy" that practically followed ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... of the daily news cycle as it is difficult to summarise complex issues (on which experts cannot agree) into a one-page article." However, the firm said while there was difficulties inherent in those ongoing policy debates, commentary on the Age Pension ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... lows (4.4% December 2006) before the US economy receded. So much so, that the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's article on the yield curve back in March 2007 stated: "The spread is currently negative: With the 10-year Treasury note rate at 4.78% ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... subscription service because of reasons including the limited size of the market, according to an S&P report quoted in the article. A report released in May from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... compared. Maritime Super was prompted to defend its MySuper option after it was named the "weakest performer" in an AFR article, bottoming the league table at 4.3% per annum, while rival super funds such as QSuper, UniSuper and Media Super blitzed the ...

FPA launches new CPD platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) launched a new continuous professional development solution for members. The FPA's My CPD solution will allow members to track their CPD on the FPA Learn online education platform. My CPD allows ...

Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... moments. A friend I could always call on, who would both listen with empathy and offer encouraging support." Penning an article in December 2018, Grima criticised the Royal Commission for placing too much focus on misconduct in the industry and failing ...