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Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Now look at what you've done. It's over! Japan's eight consecutive quarters of expansion is no more. Preliminary estimates show the country's real GDP contracted by 0.2% in the March quarter, more than reversing the 0.1% gain in the ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Fed forward guided you, I and Irene at the start of 2018 remains on track. 'twas the same but different for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Just like the Fed, the BOJ kept its monetary policy settings unchanged when the Policy Board met last on April 26. Just ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
"My fellow Australians, ask not what your country can do for the Australian dollar, ask what the Australian dollar can do for your country." That's me bastardising John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as the 35th US President back in 1961 (before I was ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... has made such a difference to the Japanese corporate scene by using its portfolio to have an impact on corporations in Japan - particularly on diversity but other subjects as well including climate change," Urwin said. Urwin's view comes via a WTW comparative ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
"You are all right when you say when you say politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Self-managed super funds' home bias dragged returns for the sector in the 12 months to February, latest SuperGuard 360 research shows. According to the SG360 SMSF Reference Index, SMSFs generated a 5.5% return (before fees and tax) - well below the ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
War: it seems that US president Donald Trump cannot get enough of it. Trump began his war crusade with the media (and fake news), then moved on to North Korea (although this was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." This dictum is attributed to a list of known knowns such as Sun Tzu ("The Art of War"), Machiavelli (known as the father of modern political science) or "Michael Corleone" (of the Godfather film trilogy) ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
The co-chief executive at a $484 billion (US$370bn) global asset manager believes the industry can take lessons from Shrek and vacuum manufacturers to improve storytelling and customer service. Speaking at a media lunch in Sydney last week, Janus Henderson ...