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Property manager appoints portfolio manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... healthcare assets. Owen-Jones is a former Olympic athlete, representing the country as a member of the Australian men's water polo team. The fund manager currently owns 48 healthcare properties across the country, with a valuation of $650 million. Centuria ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
What's a central bank to do if after so many years of policy accommodation it still couldn't hit its target? Move the goalpost, of course. The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates three times (by 75 basis points) last year from 2.5% to ...

Financial Standard Holiday Cooking Guide 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... in oil A 200g jar of Barilla pesto sauce with sun-dried tomatoes Olive oil (a drizzle) Method Bring medium pot of salted water to the boil. Cook pasta according to directions (minus one minute). 1-2 minutes before pasta is ready throw in the frozen peas ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
"And so happy Christmas (War is over) For black and for white (If you want it) For yellow and red ones (War is over)..." - John Lennon Well, the trade war's not completely over, but the financial markets' rally on news that a phase one deal ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... implemented in July. Five years earlier, then RBA governor Glenn Stevens declared that: "I've allowed the horse to come to the water of cheap funding, I can't make it drink" after cutting the official cash rate from 4.75% in 2011 to what was ...

Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
It might be a mere 0.2 point above the line but it was indication enough that China's manufacturing sector has stopped contracting. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased to a reading of 50.2 in November ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... drive growth." "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't." "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." And if I may add...adding more water could, instead, drown the horse.

FASEA exam tips from those who passed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... you don't have anything with you except your drivers' licence, a pencil and a piece of paper," James said. "You can't have water at your desk. You can't take in food. Some people had to take their watches off." Bradford added he was surprised to find ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... for BNP Paribas Asset Management. Impax is focussed on opportunistic strategies in alternative energy, energy efficiency, water, waste, food and agriculture related markets. Jenkyn-Jones is based in the UK and was in Australia to speak with wholesale ...

TCorp launches new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... underpinning our programme are reported on an annual basis and independently audited." The projects earmarked include storm water improvement projects as well as a transport access program and schools program. The projects have been added to an asset ...