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Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Wales will get $7.3 billion in new projects including the Western Sydney rail link ($3.5 billion), M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace ($1.6 billion). Victoria will get $6.2 billion for new projects. This includes $1.1 billion on upgrades ...

Curtain call for JCP Investment Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... annualised return of 9.7%, compared with 8.5% on the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index. "We have always seen ourselves as an extension of our clients' own investment capabilities; not only managing their funds but also providing detailed research on numerous ...

Countdown to 2019 FICAP Rockstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... and away from negative environments are much more likely to become more constructive participants in society (and by extension the economy)," FICAP organising committee founding member and BT Financial Group head of investment research and governance ...

NAB extends asset manager custody deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... partnership with a $4.5 billion fund manager. On Tuesday the custodian said an extensive operating model led to the deal extension, which will see it also provide unit registry services, including call centre and digitised client connectivity. NAB Asset ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... anticipated." The reasoning goes: "Growth in household income... is expected to pick up and support household spending" and by extension, growth in the overall economy. No RBA, growth in wages have remained stagnant - and that's just for the lucky ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... announcement - the reaction to the RBNZ's action (or in this case, inaction). The appreciating NZ currency would, by extension, compound the "risk of a sharper downturn in trading-partner growth" the New Zealand central bank worries about, putting ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... anticipate buoyant returns that lasted from 2009 to the beginning of 2018. The huge stock market rally is simply an extension of monetary policy, he said. Because interest rates have been suppressed by central banks for some time, earnings were calculated ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... flow-on effects on industries that provide ancillary services to the sector. Not to mention, the hit to optimism and by extension, the negative wealth from falling housing prices that ensues, triggering reduced consumer spending, lower company profits ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... interest rate reductions in that they raise household disposable income that, in turn, lifts consumer spending and by extension, economic growth. Lower oil prices also reduce business input costs, increasing margins, lifting profits that ultimately spur ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... while the chances of a rate hike to 2.50%-2.75% declined to 16.4% from 31.1%. This brings good tidings to America and by extension, emerging markets, through its flow on effects on the US dollar (a weaker one). However, a weakening US dollar will have ...