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Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018

Just as expected, the Fed's 31 July-1 August meeting was a non-event - keeping the fed funds rate unchanged at 1.75%-20% - but it did give the US central bank a platform to gloat about the US economy. "Information received since the Federal Open ...

Macrovue appoints ANZ Wealth executive

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018

The AMP-backed investment fintech has appointed a chief marketing officer from ANZ Wealth, and is expected to make more hires in its sales and marketing teams over the next sixth months. Macrovue's new chief marketing officer is Scott Spencer. He ...

Franklin Templeton appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018

... investment strategies including balanced products, target date and target risk funds, retirement income products, global macro and unconstrained long-only strategies, just to name a few," Tollette said. Earlier this year Franklin Templeton also appointed ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018

The neutral interest rate is the Goldilocks level of the fed funds rate - not too cold that it would continue stimulating growth (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018

... 'black box' hedge fund approach to investing. Systematic Alternative Risk Premia (SARP), also called Systematic Global Macro, uses three investing factors: value, momentum and carry. Parametric's strategy can be applied to equities, bonds ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018

They're no mere mortals, they're three of the 10 highly-qualified and esteemed experts at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) that currently sits as the CAMA RBA Shadow Board. They are Doctors Mark Crosby, Warwick McKibbin and ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018

... group is also looking at bringing its recently launched hedge fund strategy, the River and Mercantile Systematic Global Macro Fund, to Australian clients.

Former AMEX director joins wealth consultant

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018

... increasing calls for asset owning fiduciaries to integrate greater consideration for extra-financial information to address macro-economic risks such as natural resources scarcity.

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018

... that not only paints an image of the overall economy, but also informs investors about important trends within the bigger macro-economic picture. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund ...

Global investment bank expands Australian team

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018

... RBC Capital Markets Australian team in Sydney, linking from Soros Fund Management where he currently serves as a senior macro trader. A former head of Japan macro sales at Barclays, Muirhead will report to RBC's head of fixed income, currency and ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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