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Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Arabia), emerging market currency depreciation and so on. Needless to say, Australia is not immune to these nasty developments and would surely be dragged down should more of these wicked somethings this way comes. The question therefore becomes, how ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... the Nikkei-225 index (up 3.4%) jumped to an eight-month high. Japan's equity market has also benefitted from recent developments pointing to continued stability --in government and monetary policy. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the ...

AMP, CBA respond to record class action bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... potential class action but it had not been served with any legal proceedings and will keep the market informed of developments. CBA and AMP are the initial targets of the Get Your Super Back campaign, with Slater and Gordon intending to take on other ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... example. New products could arrive by second quarter of 2019, just because they would not be bound by legislative developments as the super funds," he said. Speaking at the Financial Standard ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, Shead said he doesn't expect ...

BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... unexpected happen, she added. The insurer has also made changes to some medical definitions to reflect the latest developments in clinical terminology and medical advancements, and provide policyholders with greater clarity when making a claim. "For ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... at around zero percent. While doing so, the yields may move upward and downward to some extent mainly depending on developments in economic activity and prices." The Japanese yen's exchange rate versus the US dollar declined by 0.8% immediately after ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... 1.7%; unemployment expectations increased by 2.8% (respondents expect unemployment to rise). These adverse domestic developments, along with a litany of negative external ones - trade war, slowing global growth (China, in particular), falling commodity ...

GROW Super co-founder sells advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... Todd before and really trusts him," she explained. "He will also share with us his insights as to technology and the developments he's seeing in that space, because it's moving so fast so having someone that we trust and that knows their stuff ...

Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Equity Trustees said it is closely monitoring the status of the underlying fund and will keep investors advised of developments.

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... the absolute return fund has taken a "modest" net short position on Australian financials, as he sees regulatory developments compounding the spike in wholesale funding costs and credit cycle risks. Regional banks are among his short positions, as he ...