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Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
Speculation may be mounting over one or two Fed rate cuts (one, two or three for the RBA) going forward, but there are no such similar expectations for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). With the BOJ's policy rate currently at negative 0.1% and its "yield ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
The Aussie dollar is down. Repeat, the Aussie dollar is down! The A$/US$ exchange rate closed at US$0.6879 - down 2.3% this year to date its lowest level in three years - at the end of last week's trading. The local currency is down 1.8% (year-to-date) ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
What do we want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May ...

Tribeca's Fenton to set up shop at Channel

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
The former co-portfolio manager of the $978 million Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund is getting ready to start a new long/short investment firm with the Sydney-based multi-boutique. Sean Fenton and three others are expected to launch a new equities boutique ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Super fund overhauls group insurance cover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
A $72 billion superannuation fund is introducing a number of changes to its group insurance policies, as well as its products and investment options in line with the Protecting Your Super reforms. QSuper is making changes to income protection waiting ...

Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Blue Sky is bidding farewell to its chief executive, after a strategic assessment determined the role "is no longer required". Joel Cann left the organisation effective Friday, less than two months after he joined the company. Cann joined from property ...

Former Link general manager joins Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mercer appointed a senior client manager responsible for overseeing industry and public sector fund clients from Link Group. Paul Giles joins Mercer's Sydney office as a partner on June 11. He will be helping trustees provide more value to members amid ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

SEC adopts retail investor protection package

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a package of fiduciary rules to protect retail investors from financial advisers who put their self-interests first. Under the new rules called Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS Relationship ...