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Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... "The GDP data paint a softer picture of the economy than do the labour market data. GDP rose by just 0.2 per cent in the December quarter to be 2.3 per cent higher over 2018." Employment growth remains strong... but the lead from the ANZ job ads series ...

AMP Capital appoints operations lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... confirmed AMP Capital would begin the search for a permanent replacement. Williams originally linked with AMP Capital in December 2007 as head of property finance, and soon became the firm's head of corporate responsibility and business platform, real ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... rates before 2019 is over. The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability the Fed funds rate would remain at 2.25%-2.5% by December FOMC meeting at 47.8% and a 38.4% chance it would be reduced to 2.0%-2.25% by then. The more important point is that, the ...

APRA amends member outcomes standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... scheduled to commence from 1 January 2020. APRA issued SPS 515 as part of the Strengthening Member Outcomes package in December 2018. It requires super funds to improve their strategic and business planning. This includes undertaking a holistic assessment ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... the global economy and trade wars that continue to afflict his term. The Philippines grew by 6.3% in the year to the December quarter, outperforming its peers: over the same period, Indonesia grew by 5.2%; Malaysia by 4.7%; and Thailand by 3.7%. It would ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... of the strategic alliance with EQT, following the launch of smartMonday and the $2 billion successor fund transfer in December last year.

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... deteriorated over the past three months - unchanged at -13 in February, March and April, but an improvement from -14 in December and January. This portends that the sharp 6.7% in retail spending in the year to March (from 4.0% in January and February) ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... reduce Government net debt and add to the Government's net financial worth," he said. The fund stood at $147 billion at December end. It now has $154 billion at March end. Projected earnings The fund was set up in 2006 with a $60.5 billion contribution ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... the 1990s); and it reached an all-time high of 3.4% in 2009 in the Eurozone and was tagged to be growing at 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter. Japanese wages contracted by 0.8% in the year to February 2019 (they were growing at around 2% per annum in ...

IOOF breaches APRA licence conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... deadline. IOOF was due to meet and comply with licence conditions imposed by APRA on the embattled wealth manager last December. However, according to an independent reviewer - engaged by IOOF - reporting on the firm's progress, the firm has so far ...