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Hostplus announces board shakeup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... the online petition read. From today, the board has appointed David Attenborough and Craig Laundy as employer directors, Janet Whiting as an independent director and Brian Kearney as an alternate employer director. Attenborough is the chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... levels higher than the Fed's first QE taper in 2013, its rate hike campaign between 2017 and 2019 and when then Fed chair Janet Yellen announced the first interest rate hike since the global financial crisis of 2009 in December 2016. These countermeasures ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1% in April from 6.0% in the previous month. Fortunately for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, she was quick to walk back her talk at the "Future Economic Summit" suggesting that interest rates may need to rise ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... More people held on to their jobs, more businesses kept their doors open, and more incomes were saved." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's testimony was equally optimistic: "We are meeting at a hopeful moment for the economy"; "we're seeing signs ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards." - Shane Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... rising. They're now at levels higher than the Fed's rate hike campaign between 2017 and 2019 and when then chair Janet Yellen announced the first rate hike (in December 2016) since the global financial crisis of 2009. As Yellen explained: "In ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... unless it foresees rising inflation or imbalances in the economy. In her confirmation hearing, US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen declared that with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing is to "act big" on COVID-19 relief to shore ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... industry veterans nominated to help his administration lead the nation. The first, and most notable in the economics world is Janet Yellen, whom Biden has nominated to lead the US Treasury. Yellen is the former US Federal Reserve governor. She was also ...

FPA Congress could be biggest yet

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... about 20 financial planners coming from overseas to attend the congress. International speakers include Phil Billingham and Janet Hugo. Approximately 35% of delegates are female, a strong showing considering the gender breakdown within the profession. ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
A $2.7 billion industry superannuation has welcomed a new chair, as well as a deputy chair. Janet Torney has been appointed chair of Club Plus Super, while Steve Whan is the new deputy chair. Torney takes over from Tara Moriarty, who stepped down after ...