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Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Well, what do you know? Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe had been right all along in his claim that, "the Australian economy appears to have reached a gentle turning point". The latest Australian National Accounts proved the truth in Lowe's statement. ...

Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Ariel Investments chief investment officer Rupal J. Bhansali shared her contrarian views on ESG investing and why Phillip Morris International makes the cut. "Because we are risk aware managers we are going to be ESG aware," Bhansali said. "We believe ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
It may have started in China and is infecting its way around the planet but the coronavirus hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Equity markets appeared to be immune several weeks after COVID-19 first made global headlines - it was known as "novel coronavirus" then - with the S&P 500 index and the S&P/ASX 200 index, among others, even hitting record highs. Even heavily-hit China's ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
"Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'..." - Dolly Parton The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the growth of wages among the country's workers ...

Government loves SMSFs: Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology has delivered a gushing address to the SMSF Association conference - promising the government is supportive of the SMSF sector. Addressing delegates, Senator Jane ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Latest surveys show an improvement in Australian consumer and business confidence despite concerns over the impact of the bushfires, floods and the coronavirus. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 2.3% to 95.5 in February ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside Aladdin's lamp. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation inched to 1.8% in the year to the December ...

Infrastructure boutique hires former Hastings director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund has appointed a former Hastings director as its head of portfolio construction and research. Kurt Lemke is joining IPIF after working as Hastings Funds Management's group director for ...