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Perpetual wins trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
An infrastructure fund aiming to invest $500 million over five years has chosen Perpetual Corporate Trust as its custodian and wholesale trustee. Impact Investment Partners' new fund, called the Indigenous Infrastructure Fund (IIF), is a private wholesale ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... bigger drop in the Russell 2000 index - considered a gauge of the performance of small and domestically-focused US businesses - since the resumption of US-China trade hostilities provide further proof that instead of Trump's tariffs "Making America ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... indication is supported by big contribution from inventories in the third quarter - 2.07 percentage points - as US businesses rebuild their stocks in anticipation of increased purchases from consumers. Trump's increased fiscal spending continues ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... sees the "risks to the economic outlook appear roughly balanced", Powell noted a "rising chorus" of concerns among US businesses over the US-China trade war. "If we have widespread tariffs and a protectionist world, that's going to be bad for American ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... inventory re-stocking in the first three months of this year -- all in anticipation of stronger consumer spending. US businesses have every reason for their optimistic expectations for a rebound in consumer spending. The annual growth in wages and salaries ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... reports only started to be reflected in employees' pay cheques in February. Stronger consumer spending suggests that US businesses would be able to easily pass on higher costs to shoppers - US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March; producer ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... measure - the PCE price index - to 1.9% in January - to its 2% inflation target, has all but made this a certainty. US businesses added 235,000 workers to their payrolls in February. This is heaps more than market expectations for a 190K addition. What ...

Data says not yet but what would Janet say?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... consumer level. This, along with soft consumer spending (implied in last night's retail sales report), would discourage US businesses from raising selling prices.

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations for a 230K add) last month on top of solid gains of 239K ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
netwealth is developing a comprehensive managed account service with plans to launch it in the third quarter of this year. The service will sit as another investment option within netwealth's approved product list (APL) and it will be available through ...