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NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... with the withdrawal of central bank liquidity. While trade tensions have been escalating, the contagion into financial markets has been limited to date," Whineray said. "While the fund remains heavily weighted towards growth assets such as shares, with ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... long-term inflation expectations rising." Risks remain: "the US macroeconomic policies and their impact on global financial markets; the consequences of protectionist moves and their effects; developments in emerging and commodity-exporting economies ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... legal officer at UniSuper, a role he held for three years. He's was also the former chief executive of the Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand, and held leadership positions at NAB, ANZ and law firm Herbert Geer & Rundle (now Thompson Geer). ...

Macquarie boards add new CEO and Westpac veteran

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... successfully led operations based in Australia, New Zealand, US, UK and Asia and has extensive experience in financial markets, funds management, balance sheet management and risk management," Macquarie said in a statement. The two appointments will ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
If there's one thing Australia's "weekus horribilis" proved, it's that financial markets hate uncertainty. The week of 20-24 August began with a challenge to sitting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party and ended ...

IRESS first half revenues up 8pct, wealth and lending lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... Australia is progressing well with a second digital bank recently signed," it said in a statement. Its APAC financial markets generated "marginally lower" operating revenue of $57 million, as sell-side headwinds remained. The segment's buy-side revenue ...

AI to transform financial services: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... radically change front and back-office operations, and create major shifts in the structure and regulation of financial markets. The report identified nine key findings about how AI is changing the "physics" of financial services. According to the report ...

AMP profits nosedive, new board director announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... renewal is well underway as we continue the rebuild at AMP." "John brings a wealth of top-level experience across financial markets, governance and public policy to the AMP board table. He has an exceptional blend of public and private sector experience ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... at a record low 1.50%, and the longest stretch of unchanged interest rates at that. For sure and for certain, financial markets would hear what they expect to hear from Governor Philip Lowe and his merry men and women when the RBA announces its decision ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Financial markets could have a brand new worry (or not) depending on the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy meeting that's due to conclude this day. The 30-31 July meeting is particularly significant given last week's flare-up ...