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GMO acquires Japanese equity manager

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... eight years with the quantitative manager, having previously spent a decade at New York specialty investment manager Advanced Portfolio Management. QMA managing director and head of global multi-asset solutions George Sakoulis will rejoin GMO as its ...

Powerwrap to merge with Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
Praemium this morning advanced a $55.6 million bid to acquire Powerwrap in an off-market conditional takeover priced at about 26.55 cents per share. The two parties have entered a bid implementation agreement dated July 9. The bid has been unanimously ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... or euros or yens or pounds, or whatever currency, that are currently flooding planet earth, core inflation measures in advanced economies continue to decelerate. This could be due to the lagged effects of monetary (and fiscal) policy. They haven't ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... the next 30 years. ASFA argued that raising the SG to 12% will better align Australia with the pension systems of other advanced economies. Touching on recent arguments surrounding the hit taken by Australia's super savings during COVID-19, ASFA reinforces ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... 'World Economic Outlook, June 2020' report has the Eurozone contracting by more (-10.2%) this year relative to advanced economies (-8.0%). But stock markets are forward looking. And if they believe the OECD and the IMF's latest projections ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... global" saying even the GFC had a less severe effect on global output. "For the first time since the Great Depression, both advanced and emerging market economies will be in recession in 2020," she said. "Aside from its unprecedented scale, the Global ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... business confidence has steadily improved from -65 in March to -45 in April to -20 in May. Similarly, consumer confidence advanced from a reading of 75.6 in April to 88.1 in May to 93.7 in June. The gradual easing of restrictions on social interaction ...

RealIndex taps former RF Capital executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... qualitative analyst at Fidelity International. Previously, he served as vice president of State Street Global Advisors' advanced research centre. Realindex chief executive Andrew Francis said he is delighted to welcome someone of Guido's caliber to the ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... sharp 7.7 percentage point revision from its January 2020 forecast). The WB downgraded its 2020 GDP growth forecasts for advanced economies by 8.4 percentage points to -7.0%. It expects emerging market and developing economies to contract by 2.5% this ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... also improve the risk-readiness of management teams themselves. "New and emerging technologies such as machine learning, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence are being deployed to help manage this data and mitigate these risks; however the ...