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Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Virginia, the sky is not falling. More so because the February "give back" didn't come as a surprise either. NAB chief economist Alan Oster warned about this when the NAB Business Survey for January was released last month. "a degree of caution should ...

Centrepoint growing wealth business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... also seeded a new life insurance initiative and look forward to developing this over the next 12 months," Centrepoint chair Alan Fisher said. Managing director John de Zwart said the group's goal was to be the most trusted financial services business ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... as in employment which rose to a reading of 7 in January from 2 in December and November. According to NAB chief economist Alan Oster, "These outcomes are certainly pointing to an improvement in the domestic economy after a soft patch through much of ...

BTIM appoints new portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
A former TCorp senior manager joined BT Investment Management this week. BTIM appointed Alan Polley as a portfolio manager in an expansion of its diversified strategies capability. Polley has more than 16 years' experience in investment management and ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... (manufacturing and retail declined) - but employment remained unchanged at low reading of 1 in December. NAB chief economist Alan Oster is cautiously optimistic: "the rebound in business conditions is certainly encouraging, but at this stage we are not ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... would become the guardian entity as New Plymouth PIF Guardians Limited. New Plymouth District Council chief financial officer Alan Bird explained at the time: "The recommended change is not about fund performance, as the performance of TIML has been ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... pointing to a severe slowdown in economic activity, the results have softened enough to suggest that growth remains sub-trend." (Alan Oster) This is a fair assessment from NAB's group chief economist on the latest update on Australia's business confidence ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... more around infrastructure but they have these high hurdle rates. There's opportunities going dead here." Finance journalist Alan Kohler said there's only one thing that matters with superannuation and that's returns, and "the rest is padding." Kohler ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is a concerning trend that warrants close monitoring ...

New director for NAB super trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... previously reported by Financial Standard, former head of international and chief executive Asia Pacific for Russell Investments, Alan Schoenheimer has also been appointed to the NULIS Nominees board. NULIS Nominees chair Nicole Smith said: "I welcome ...