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Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Morningstar Investment Management's chief investment officer for Asia Pacific. Matt Watcher will start in the role in late January 2019, based out of Sydney. He takes over from current APAC chief investment officer Andrew Lil, who is moving to serve ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... FTSE-100 index closed 0.5% higher on the day and turning its year-to-date losses into a 0.2% gain - the first since late January this year. The UK equity market's positive reaction is even more surprising given the BOE's rationale for maintaining current ...

VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... risk and return, we expect this low-cost smart beta international equity ETF to appeal strongly to investors." In late January, the exchange-traded product issuer promoted Neiron to head the Asia Pacific operations, while current director of intermediary ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... that only few gave a hoo-ha to central bank monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in late January/early Feb. Few also gave a hoo-ha on Fedspeak - St. Louis Fed president Bullard and Chicago Fed president Evans both spoke about ...

New CEO for WA Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... the role. McNally has already finished up in the role, and Ross is expected to commence as chief executive in mid-late January 2017.

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... the Australian dollar vs the USD. The US market fell, but the Aussie dollar also fell sharply to just below 70c in late January. The group also introduced a leveraged but currency hedged US market position in February and enjoyed the subsequent market ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... third arrow of Abenomics, according to QIC Shocking global markets with the announcement of negative cash rates in late January, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to deliver a comprehensive assessment of the performance of its monetary policy in September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... re-strengthening of the Philippine peso. After depreciating versus the US dollar for most of 2015 to a low of PHP48.049 by late January this year, the currency reversed direction is currently exchanging at PHP46.355 per US dollar. Philippine exports ...

CBA shares down on flat profit

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... the result, sending its shares down $3.29, or 3.73 per cent, to $84.85 as of 1025 AEST, their lowest level since late January. CBA said competition among lenders had weighed on its group net interest margin, the profit it makes on loans, during the quarter. ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... superannuation competition and governance arrangements. The last four are likely to produce legislation this calendar year. In late January, the Assistant Treasurer made it clear that superannuation competition and governance reforms would be an immediate ...