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Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... December (December 13 in Australia) and from there, hopefully, the UK could Brexit once and for all on the 20 January 2020. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes that the elections would increase his party's majority, paving the way for Brexit to ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Akindred head of sales David Edwards said. Unison was set up in 2006 and has attracted venture capital from Citi Ventures, F-Prime (Fidelity) and Royal Bank of Canada in previous raisings. Earlier this year, Akindred took on the third-party distribution ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... schemes were particularly disadvantageous to women, but that the industry-led super scheme he was a part of creating with Prime Minister Paul Keating was supposed to redress much of that imbalance. "Industry after industry ripped the money out of people's ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... see eye to eye with the conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (and his Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. A report ...

Major funds expand with Singapore investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... the acquisition of the Institute of Technical Education College West PPP Project in Singapore on behalf of MTAA Super and Prime Super. The education center was previously owned by Gammon Investments and Jardine Matherson Holdings as part of a joint venture. ...

Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... competitiveness of the super system earlier this year, which called for a review of the retirement income system. In July, Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintained the retirement income review would not be bound by the government and would be open to ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... requirement ratio several times from 17% in March 2018 to a 12-year low of 13% in September this year and cut the one-year loan prime rate down to 4.2% after lowering it to 4.25% in August and keeping it unchanged at 4.3% since 2015 - are having limited ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... banks to curb loans" - uttered by Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (September 26). In a sentence, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are willing Australian banks to lend, lend and lend. Never mind ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... review]." Northern Trust is the sixth-largest custodian in Australia with more than $400 billion in assets under custody and prime contracts for many not-for-profit funds such as Future Fund, QIC, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), Government ...