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Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... 2.25% on February 2015. The RBA don't meet in January but the statement issued by then RBA Governor Glenn Stevens on December 2014 talked about moderate pace in the global economy, accommodative global financial conditions and "In Australia, most ...

Sequoia chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... 2018, Beeton flagged he would transition out of the chief executive role over the next six months. He joined Sequoia in December 2009 as managing director and became chief executive in December 2014. Executive chair Garry Crole said: "Whilst Scott will ...

Outflows dent IOOF advice, funds businesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... the business' independent trustee, OnePath Custodians, to separately consider the transfer of the business. Last December, APRA moved to impose licence conditions on IOOF and disqualify five executives, including managing director Chris Kelaher and ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The world's largest pension fund lost about $186 billion in the three months to December 31, as equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... capital, liquid strategies and multi-asset investments) for institutional investors in Australia. It managed $85 billion at December end.

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... to grow faster than it currently is," it's slowing (from 3.1% in the year to the September quarter to 2.8% in the December quarter). Indications from more recent activity data - business conditions and confidence, consumer confidence and spending ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... income. The equities investment team has 11 members and the fixed income team has five, working as a single team. In December, Yarra took over as the investment manager for all of UBS Asset Management's Aussie equities funds, bringing in roughly ...

DomaCom partners with big four bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... large B2C partner for some time and we are looking forward to progressing this pilot with the bank," Naoumidis said. In December the firm announced it had raised about $3 million as it looked to convert its win in a Federal Court case which determined ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! Italian GDP contracted by 0.2% in the December 2018 after shrinking by 0.1% in the previous three-month period. To be sure, economists and financial markets expected this ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... returns for their clients." Challenger's multi-boutique business, Fidante Partners, has a 30% stake in Ardea. In December, The Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (ASX: XARO) became the first launch out of the ActiveX banner as Fidante dipped its toes in ...