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Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... Brazil may have to kowtow to Trump despite their currency depreciation being a result of the economic crises in their economies and not currency manipulation but China and France have the firepower to engage the Grinch who is stealing Christmas. The ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... growth looks set to be significantly weaker than projected, co-ordinated policy action within and across all the major economies would provide the most effective and timely counterweight." Downside risks are sure to materialise given Trump's continuing ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... players, the Senator said it was a natural evolution of the industry. "As I said, there are great advantages from the economies of scale that you can see from these fund mergers. Certainly there's a sort of technological imperative to doing so, as well ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... decline in the services sector. The improvement in the manufacturing sector can be observed in the world's biggest economies, except for Japan (which continues to decline). But as Markit Economics/Jibun Bank acknowledged in its Japan PMI report ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... "foreseeable future" while the International Monetary Fund expects that Asia will outsize the combined might of all advanced economies by 2023. While emerging markets have typically underperformed compared to their developed counterparts, Doyle said ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... uncertainty surrounding trade and geopolitics; idiosyncratic factors causing macroeconomic strain in several emerging market economies; and structural factors, such as low productivity growth and aging demographics in advanced economies," IMF said. This ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... the EPO licence allows the funds flexibility to continue to grow. An EPO model means participating funds can achieve economies of scale in administration and investments, without loss of brand identity or control of relationships with members, employers ...

One in three chance of global recession: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... 3% over the next 18 months. "That would represent the weakest sustained period for over a decade. We expect all major economies to be growing below potential in 2020, with unemployment likely to rise modestly and wage and inflation pressures set to remain ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... of other developed country central banks that, although it carries negative side effects, "the benefits of boosting economies outweighed the costs", it said. The best way is for fiscal policy to lend a helping hand; "One key lesson is that the tools ...

Super fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... February. Energy Super chief executive Robyn Petrou said the fee cut was possible because the fund could take advantage of economies of scale generated by opening beyond only energy sector workers. It's been more than eight years since Energy Super became ...