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Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its 'World Economic Outlook' report for October where it slashed its global growth projection to 3.0% this year (from 3.2% forecast in July) before rebounding to 3.4% (downgraded from its ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... inquiry to WiseTech." WiseTech founder and chief executive Richard White said: "Regardless of the noise and market disruption of these short-seller, self-serving and misleading claims, we will continue to strive to ensure our shareholders are informed ...

Fixed income investors spooked by global politics: Fitch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
A Fitch Ratings report has found Australian fixed-income investors consider political and geopolitical risk to be the greatest threat to domestic credit markets in the year to come. The Fitch Ratings fourth quarter 2019 fixed-income investor survey ...

RC sting felt in finance pay packets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... are being forced to consider roles in much smaller companies. However, Perceptor said there is opportunity amid the disruption as fintechs and neo-banks scale up and international fintechs enter the Australian market. In order to thrive in this environment ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... daughter of one such farmer who can now attend university. "Many think of change in terms of technological and economic disruption. While understanding disruption is clearly vital to understanding investment opportunities, it's equally important to understand ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
The banks are facing big problems, according to Catherine Wood, chief executive of ARK Invest. Wood was asked at a Nikko Asset Management event how she considered banks to be positioned for the future. "Banks anywhere in the world have a big problem ...

Chief economist update: Plenty of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... US$69.03/barrel, on the first day of trading after the weekend drone strike. This is understandable given that the oil supply disruption is compounded by the bigger concern of a risk of war in the Middle East. While Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Five months and one day. This is the latest count since Hong Kongers started marching on the streets of China's Special Administrative Region (SAR) - on March 31 - protesting the withdrawal of the extradition bill proposed by China's "hand-picked" ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... government's leaked "Operation Yellowhammer" analysis talks of possible shortages of fresh food, medicine and petrol, disruption to ports and the risk of civil unrest, especially in Northern Ireland, where trade across the border could be severely ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... AMP's plans to "reshape" its aligned advice offering. The figures paint a picture of an industry undergoing dramatic disruption, Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin says. "This is not just due to the impacts of the Royal Commission ...