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Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... Commerce's warning back in May this year that, "President Trump's strict stance on trade could put 2.6 million American jobs at risk". (CNN Money). It may not come to that for it looks like Trump's getting results. Reuters reports German ...

Montgomery Global IM opens New York office, hires analyst

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... opened an office in New York, with a view to being closer to the "research hub" and potentially raising capital from North American investors. It has $500 million in funds under management and is a subsidiary of the eight-year-old Montgomery Investment ...

Macquarie Capital hires Tesla executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... storage business in Europe, Australia and New Zealand from ground up, including the 129MWh South Australia battery. Tesla's American storage business grew from pilot projects to portfolios under him. He also drove the development of the Superhcharger ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... This is a reversal of 2017's tally when emerging markets rallied by 27.8% and 16.1%. To be sure, to be sure: "With American money market funds now offering yields around 2% - where 10-year Treasuries were just last September - and prospects for more ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... international role; the second will see it partner with an administrator to launching an Irish fund platform. In a bid to ease American fund managers' access to markets in Australia and Europe, former Westpac and BNP Paribas executive Rob Harrison ...

Zurich seeks new investment chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... held roles in both New York and Switzerland, overseeing the implementation of investment strategies across the North American and European portfolios. Zurich Australia is currently recruiting for Ebstein's replacement, considering both internal and ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that it left anyway for at the same time that Italy's political crisis was ...

Alternatives specialist boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... marketing and private wealth divisions, having previously served as vice president of marketing during her 17 year career at American Express in Australia. The alternatives investor has also added former AMP research analyst David Chamberlain as sales ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... it will happen. Trump could either go back on his words that he likes a strong dollar, or raise and expand tariffs on American-made goods and services some more. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
A US-based global investment manager with about $226 billion in assets is opening its first Australian office. American Century Investments, established in 1958, has expanded into Sydney and appointed Michelle Kidd as vice president, institutional advisory ...