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Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... rate cuts. But instead of depreciating against the yen, the US dollar had been appreciating against the yen since late August. The same could be said of the euro, despite the European Central Bank's (ECB) September "action" to lower the interest ...

Fidelity wholesale director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... of wholesale sales for its Australian business after the incumbent left. Andrew Mathie finished up at Fidelity in late August, after two years with the company. Mathie worked directly with Fidelity managing director for Australia Alva Devoy, focused ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... A$690 million deficit - roughly 0% of GDP, roughly a balanced budget. But at what price? As I've ranted back in late August : "The classic excuse - government spending (i.e. fiscal deficits) would "crowd out" private borrowing and therefore, lift ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... be invaluable to the growth and development of our fund," he said. Martin and Vamvakas commenced their new roles in late August. Walker will take up her position in October.

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... where all directors resign and put themselves up for recollection, in which case a meeting could be held as soon as late August. Bentley is prepared to convene a board spill meeting if the ASG-nominated nominees don't confirm their willingness to comply ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... managers that sat on the committee. Hodge implied this note suggested that the executive committee was unclear until late August whether or not it had to review its strategy for enforcing breaches. But Hodge said it was only a stream-of-conscious not ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... year to be $23.1 million - almost double FY17 results. Final audited performance for the year will be announced in late August. In May, two former Macquarie stockpickers launched Firetrail under Pinnacle's umbrella. The ten-strong team runs a high ...

IFM active equity team wins first mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... has added 2.3% over the ASX200 since inception on 28 July 2016. The Asia-Pacific Market Neutral Fund was launched in late August and is expected to be fully operational by 1 October 2016. Carter said the new products significantly increased the IFM Investors ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... of April which is almost half of the 2016 high of 28.14 and many, many points away from its one-year high of 40.74 (late August 2015). When to resume shopping? The Stock Trader's Almanac says, "buy in October, get yourself sober".

IOOF appoints News Corp exec as Shadforth CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... was recently acquired by IOOF. Angus Benbow replaces previous Shadforth chief executive Nick Bedding, who left in late August after seven years at the helm of the company and almost a year after helping it transition to a member of the IOOF Group. Prior ...