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Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... details of the UK National Accounts are worrying. Household spending growth slowing to a mere 0.2% in the three-months to March - the slowest in over three years - following 0.3% growth in the each of the previous three quarters. In addition, business ...

Chapmans passes on blockchain investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
An ASX-listed diversified investment company has passed up the final opportunity to invest in a US-based blockchain securities trading platform where it had contractual rights to invest up to about $5.3 million (USD 4 million). In February, Chapmans ...

Managing Director departs AMP-backed planning network

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
The managing director of an AMP-backed financial planning dealer group with more than $23 billion in funds under advice has resigned. AMP confirmed the departure of Neil Swindells, managing director at Charter Financial Planning. Swindells was appointed ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Just when the threatening clouds of Quitaly and its negative repercussions on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that ...

Macquarie expands healthcare investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Macquarie Capital, the principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, is expanding its global team with a dedicated lead for healthcare services coverage in the Americas. Joining Macquarie Capital from UBS as a managing director is Robert "Bo" Crowell. ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Major bank stocks could tumble up to 40% if the correction in the housing market gets more disorderly, UBS analysts led by Jonathan Mott said in a research note dated May 30. However, this "credit crunch" is not yet UBS' base case, even though it ...

Advice fintech reshuffles leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
The managing director of an ASX-listed financial advice fintech is stepping aside and an interim chief executive has been appointed. Intiger announced managing director Mark Fisher will hand over leadership of the software developer to global head of ...

Chief economist update: Building approvals on a slowing trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on building approvals is consistent with views of slowing activity in the country's housing market. But perhaps, not as dire as the headline seasonally-adjusted monthly numbers suggest. ...

Royal Commission backlash continues for banks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
About one in three Australians are more likely to switch their banking institution as a direct result of the Royal Commission, according to new research. About 10% of respondents to a survey commissioned by the Customer Owned Banking Association claim ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
The sharp turnaround in the All Ordinaries index from the 2018 low of 5859.15 points plumbed on April 3 to 6234.95 points - 6.5 points short of this year's high of 6241.46 points (January) - by May 14 it had almost prompted me to declare that 2018 ...