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CFA Australia names first chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... brings experience from both not-for-profit and member-based organisations. In her previous roles, Carroll has worked at Oxford University Press and CPA Australia, working across digital communications, content, publishing, IT and marketing. CFA Society ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other major investors in the $140 ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) should have been exerting upward pressure on wages and by extension, inflation. Oxford Economics estimate the US NAIRU at 4.3%, the OECD has it at 4.9% and closer the home, the Federal Reserve Bank of ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. It looks at how industry participants can work together to close the underinsurance gap and safeguard financial security. ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... Management to distribute the Man AHL Alpha (AUD) Fund in Australia and New Zealand, along with future products. In May 2016, Oxford University and Man AHL renewed its Oxford-Man Institute partnership to further place the research group's focus on machine ...

Suitability: more than risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... assessments when determining suitable investments for clients must think again, according to risk profiling specialists Oxford Risk. While risk tolerance tools are a great first step, more mind must be paid to how investments complement the client's ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Inflation isn't lifting despite the US unemployment rate (4.4% in June) falling below estimates of NAIRU (4.9% OECD; 4.5% Oxford Economics) over the past months. It could be because of wages' lagged response. It could also be because the NAIRU for the ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... June - it's still below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by the OECD (4.9%) and Oxford Economics (4.5%). The increase in the average workweek to 34.5 hours in June from 34.4 hours in the previous month indicates ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... America's jobless rate has broken below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by both Oxford Economics (4.5%) the OECD (4.9%). But instead of lifting, US core CPI inflation eased to 1.7% in May from 2.3% in January (unemployment ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... increasing margins, lifting profits and by extension, business investment in plant, equipment, and staff. This is underscored by Oxford Economics' data that showed world private consumption growth rising from around 2.1% in 2014 (when oil was around ...