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KPMG appoints new wealth management head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... superannuation savings pool now exceeding $2.3 trillion." "I believe we are entering a new era in wealth management. The economic outlook is still positive, the sector is growing, and while regulatory change and compliance remains an ongoing issue, the ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... the RBNZ kept interest rates unchanged (at 1.5% and 1.75%, respectively). Apart from the usual optimism on the economic outlook and hope that (eventually) inflation will pick up, there's the hint of concern over the currency. "An appreciating exchange ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... the near term but to stabilise around the Committee's 2% objective over the medium term. Near-term risks to the economic outlook appear roughly balanced, but the Committee is monitoring inflation developments closely." It concluded with the forward guidance ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... implications for the economy because an increase in business demand for credit signifies corporate optimism over the economic outlook and generally leads to higher investment spending. Despite these credit market dynamics, year-on-year growth in credit ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... implications for the economy. Typically, an increase in business demand for credit signifies corporate optimism over the economic outlook and generally leads to higher investment spending. The demand for credit has a direct bearing on interest rates. ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... reinvestment of principal payments received on securities held by the Federal Reserve if a material deterioration in the economic outlook were to warrant a sizable reduction in the Committee's target for the federal funds rate. Moreover, the Committee ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted in March's Interim Economic Outlook. In its June report, the OECD declared that it expects a modest pick-up in global growth - lifting its 2017 forecasts to ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... the Fed then reconcile its March statement that "the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data" when - as widely expected -- it raises the fed funds rate from 0.7%-1.0% to 1.0% -1.25% in just ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... in Japanese equities is, perhaps, explained by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) growing optimism over the country's economic outlook. In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... released over the past 24 hours provide further credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) optimism over the economic outlook and at the same time afford federal treasurer ScoMo the right to give Moody's recent warning the one finger salute. Moody's ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO
Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO
Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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