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Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... mention goes to the Australian dollar's depreciation - that which had shielded Australia from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... stable door after the horse has bolted". Macfarlane knew this. He cut interest rates even before the full impact of the Asian financial crisis and the collapse of LTCM (Long-Term Capital Management) in 1997 and the US recession in 2001. However, a shift ...

Global asset manager names regional head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... past eight years, establishing it as a key region for Columbia Threadneedle," Truscott said. "We have added locally based Asian equities and fixed income investment personnel and established wholesale distribution in key hubs complementing our institutional ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... three major financial, currency and economic crises in recent history. The A$ absorbed some of the negative shocks from the Asian Crisis in 1997 (and the LTCM collapse in 1998) when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... the local bourse," Dale said. "These investors are generally pursuing two key thematics - technology, and the rise of the Asian consumer, and they're choosing to do that directly into the US or Asian markets." In line with this, Tesla was also particularly ...

Industry fund chief executive moves to life insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... industry experience including wealth management (life insurance and retail advice) and banking spread in Australian and Asian markets. He has held roles at NAB, CBA, IOOF and AXA. He will relocate to Sydney for the role. Nunn replaces MetLife chief financial ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... someone." "The Singapore office was mostly because of the time difference and we do have ambition to raise some capital from Asian investors [in the global staregy] but that's not until sometime in the future," Coote said. The global strategy runs ...

Principal appoints Australian country head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... said. West also said Forster was a significant contributor to PGI's business, especially helping set up the European and Asian business. He worked in Hong Kong, the US and London before returning to Australia. "We thank him for his contributions ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... When asked about emerging markets exposure, the chief investment officer said the super fund was looking to allocate to an Asian debt mandate to invest in general Asian debt. He added UniSuper already has exposure to India through an outsourced investment ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... the final divorce in three months' time gets closer. Australia's been through even tougher challenges before - the Asian currency crisis in 1997, the dotcom crash in 2000, the US recession in 2001, the global financial crisis in 2008, to name ...