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OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... Russia's invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... high-wire acts: charting a path between getting inflation back toward target without tipping the economy into recession." "Of course, a fortuitous mix of productivity gains, unblocked supply chains, increasing labour force participation, financial market ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... report said: "Ongoing global growth is our base case and if we also get the reduced inflation that we expect to see over the course of 2022, then this would be extremely supporting of the case for emerging markets making a recovery." Western Asset also ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... reinforces that most young people will not have enough superannuation for this policy to have a penetrative impact. Of course, this assumption comes with the catch that the super home buyer scheme becomes policy. Rainmaker executive director of research ...

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... projects. Though, the objective of diversifying portfolio returns and controlling traditional risk exposures had stayed the course.

PIMCO selects new head of local business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... Watkins was responsible for marketing, distribution, development, and structure of equity finance products. Though over the course of Watkin's career in investments and financial services, he has also worked at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Macquarie ...

Six cases brought against Westpac now finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... upgrades necessary to help fulfil this obligation." She added that more than 70,000 customers were impacted in total over the course of 13 years. "The sheer scale of this impact suggests that, at the time, Westpac had a culture that did not prioritise ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... the two roles is good corporate governance, plain and simple. Public companies should not be run like private firms. Of course, investors can sell their securities if they are dissatisfied with management, but that is not the only option. We can instead ...

Caddick's husband chases payday

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... $1.6 million in 2013. Koletti claims that he cared for Caddick's teenage son from a previous relationship for the entire course of their marriage and that he deposited his income into her account. Koletti continues to be the primary carer for Caddick's ...

ETF growth slows but investors remain resilient

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... and according to plan." Despite lasting uncertainties and heightened volatility, Tie advised investors to simply stay the course. He added: "As history has proven, significantly altering asset allocations or cashing out in response to short-term events ...