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Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... 2% jump in auto purchases during the month. Nevertheless, retail sales ex autos also increased by 0.2% in the month of March - equal to February's monthly growth rate and in line with expectatios - and 4.5% in the same month of 2017. The US Census Bureau ...

Lonsec names group chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Lonsec has appointed a new group chief executive and a director to assist the research firm's continued growth trajectory. Charlie Haynes will lead the research firm as chief executive. He brings more than 30 years' experience having worked for global ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Financial advisers are no longer sitting on their hands when it comes to social media, using various platforms to have the most meaningful conversations with clients. Latch Social founder and director Tom Loneragan said social media has become a crucial ...

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 ...