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Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
Some would call it karma, for many it's just the plain and simple truism that a trade war is a lose-lose proposition. In his quest to "make America great again" and under the guise of "national security", US President Donald Trump kicked off with ...

Real estate investment veteran to depart

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The head of strategic partnerships at a $60 billion real estate investment manager will retire at the end of the year, bringing a 40 year career at the firm to a close. Ian Mackie is set to retire from LaSalle Investment Management at the end of this ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... bear market in equities and the depreciating yuan - will immediately come to mind, Japan's also taking a hit. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda already expressed his concerns when he joined the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Most equity market investors are concerned but not yet alarmed at Trump's protectionist policies. This could be because the financial media is calling it a trade dispute, a trade spat and not a trade war (or is it because of the markets' relatively ...

AMP Capital appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new portfolio manager will join AMP Capital's Sydney offices as a part of its global listed real estate team - the first of two appointments announced today. Anika Minocha will work as a portfolio manager/analyst. She has been chosen from AMP ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... €15 billion from October to December, and interest rates could rise after the summer of 2019. Similarly, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) did not disappoint expectations and kept policy unchanged. The Japanese central bank remains optimistic that the economy ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
It must be because Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy exit speculations have died down or that Japan's response to Donald Trump's tariff increases has been less confrontational than China, the EU or even Canada but Japan had rarely been on headlines in recent ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... same year-on-year measure) pushes the Australian economy ahead of the US (2.8%), the Eurozone (2.5%), the UK (1.2%) and Japan (1%). It's also the fastest growth rate since the June 2016 quarter (3.3%) when the domestic economy similarly outperformed ...

Global investment bank expands Australian team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
The investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada expanded its Australian distribution with the appointment of a head of fixed income sales. New York based Christopher Muirhead will join RBC Capital Markets Australian team in Sydney, linking from ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... sparked speculations of policy exits in their respective central banks. Perhaps, this time is different with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) recently removing its target time-frame for the achievement of its 2% inflation target and the European Central Bank ...