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Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
It's rare for two economists to have a meeting of minds (you all know the economists' jokes), but I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled ...

Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
A $50 million fund set up by the South Australian government has started the search for a new investment manager to replace a Blue Sky subsidiary. The SA Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF) appointed Blue Sky Venture Capital in 2017 as its manager. It is now ...

AXA equities executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities for Asia left the business at end of May, the manager confirmed. Mark Tinker moved to Hong Kong in September 2013 to lead the expansion of the Framlington Equities franchise in Asia, where he ...

Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Blue Sky is bidding farewell to its chief executive, after a strategic assessment determined the role "is no longer required". Joel Cann left the organisation effective Friday, less than two months after he joined the company. Cann joined from property ...

Blue Sky enters receivership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
The ASX-listed alternatives fund manager was placed in receivership this morning, as its financier exercised its rights after Blue Sky breached a term of its $50 million loan facility. Oaktree Capital Management has appointed restructuring specialist ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The "mother of all eco stats" - the US employment report - has been released. But it was neither here nor there and by the looks of it, it didn't make an iota of a difference that the Fed will raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted an optimistic picture of the global and domestic economies when it held its policy meeting last month (6 November) before concluding that "...the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Australian actual total capital expenditure was down 0.5% in the third quarter following a 0.9% decline in the second and lower than market expectations for a 1% pick up. That's the headline splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
SMSF stock darling Tesla Inc. is set to see a board revamp after Elon Musk settled a tweet-led securities fraud charge with the US corporate regulator. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Musk with securities fraud over his August ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
When Japan's Cabinet Office revised it GDP growth estimate higher from the preliminary estimate of 0.5% to 0.7% in the June quarter, it also reported that capital expenditure provided the highest contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over ...