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Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... this month. More so given that other price measures have moved higher. US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March - the fastest rate since April last year - from 3.4% in the previous month. Inflation at the producer level is also accelerating. ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The $738 billion asset manager has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
The Middle Kingdom's supremo, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng, sent equity markets on the up and up. Instead of talking tough and raising the ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Perhaps it's being drowned by the ongoing Trump/Xi "my tariff is bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, or the Trump/Stormy Daniels alleged dalliance, or the alleged Trump/FBI raid on the offices of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen... but whatever it ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The ...

Willis Towers Watson hires institutional risk expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Global consulting firm Willis Towers Watson has created a new role in its Sydney office, appointing its first divisional director - financial solutions. Jamie Jeffers has joined WTW as the firm looks to strengthen its financial services capabilities ...

Two industry funds merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Two industry superannuation funds will merge to create a $10.3 billion superannuation fund with about 125,000 members. NGS Super and QIEC Super will operate as one entity from 1 November 2018; QIEC Super will become a subdivision of NGS Super in the ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
GBST is partnering with a start-up online super fund to provide a digital on-boarding service for prospective members. Superestate, which launched in March by Olympic medalist Grant Brits and is issued by Tidswell Financial Services, is designed to ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Blue Sky Alternative Investments resumed trading on the ASX and has requested ASIC investigate the accusations made by a US hedge fund - and associated short-selling - last week. Glaucus Research Group argued "Blue Sky is significantly overstating its ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
The Labor Party's move to protect aged pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credit reform is welcomed by the majority of the industry, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. Prior to shadow treasurer Chris Bowen announcing pensioners ...