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Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... the "R" contingency. The Fed's mulling negative interest rates; the ECB's forward-guiding, according to the 'Wall Street Journal', "a package of stimulus measures at its next policy meeting in September that should exceed investors' ...

DWS acquires QLD distribution centre

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
DWS has acquired 50% of a prime, refrigerated distribution centre in Queensland for $134.2 million. Located in Parkinson, Queensland, this is the fourth acquisition in cold storage facilities made by the investment manager. DWS acquired it on behalf ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The $154 billion sovereign wealth fund voted against equity grants to Pinnacle Investment Management's managing director Ian Macoun and two executive directors, a summary of its proxy voting for FY19 shows. Future Fund was happy to support re-election ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... not yet covered by the trade war. No more Mister Nice Guy! It appears that Trump has pushed China back so hard against the wall that it's now upping the ante. The yuan's depreciation comes on top of the Chinese government's move to suspend ...

Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... two teams benefitting clients by providing a wider and deeper range of expertise and service. Head of Global FINEX Jeremy Wall said: "The team will be an exciting and important addition to FINEX's M&A footprint and capabilities further enhancing our ...

Deutsche chief to buy shares amid turmoil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... excited about execution." Eigendorf asked whether the bank exiting global equities and making the cuts means a farewell to Wall Street for Deutsche, but Sewing was adamant that isn't the case. "We want to put the resources where we can win... and we ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
If it were posted on Facebook, Wall Street would have "unliked" the strong US non-farm payrolls report for June - up a bigger-than-expected 224,000 from 72,000 in May. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from 3.6% in May, remains near ...

Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a warning about large technology companies entering financial services. The BIS said the entry of big tech into financial services presents new risks - not least of all, the competition these companies ...

Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The social media giant revealed plans for its first financial services product, a digital wallet and its own cryptocurrency. Facebook is set to launch its own digital wallet in 2020, to allow people to access and participate in the Libra network, Facebook's ...

GAM names local institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
GAM Investments appointed a director for its institutional business in Australia who most recently held an executive role at Brookvine. Alison Wallis will be responsible for business development and servicing the local institutional market and deepening ...