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Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... do as it did - cut the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25% - if not at its February board meeting, then soon. More so, given the sharp slowdown in India's economic growth to 7.1% in the year to the third quarter of 2018 (latest available) from 8.2% in the ...

Prime Value recruits former super fund chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Prime Value Asset Management recruited former Christian Super chief executive Peter Murphy to its client services team as a strategic adviser. The appointment is off the back of the boutique fund manager expanding its institutional arm via several alternative ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... November and 1.5% in October. The drop in the headline CPI inflation rate to 0.3% from 08% over the same period underscore the sharp increase in Japanese real wages. Japan's external accounts is the problem. As per the National Accounts report, "...exports ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
US consumers aren't shopping till they drop. They dropped spending. The US Census Bureau's latest update on retail spending - which constitutes the bulk of household spending that, in turn, accounts for about 70% of the US economy - showed that ...

MGP chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... statement that Heather "leaves by mutual agreement as the company embarks on its next stage of growth and development." Don Sharp, who stepped down as executive chair on Monday to become acting group chief financial officer, will assume the role of acting ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
"Despite the weaker global impetus, we expect low interest rates and government spending to support a pick-up in New Zealand's GDP growth over 2019. Low interest rates, and continued employment growth, should support household spending and business ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... 2.1% in December and is expected to decline to slightly below the MPC's 2% target in the near term, largely due to the sharp fall in petrol prices which has occurred since November." The BOE was spot on. Perhaps it's already seen in advance the ...

MGP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Managed Accounts Holdings chair Don Sharp has stepped down from the position and is being replaced by Peter Brook. Sharp will focus on other responsibilities and continue as an executive director of MGP. He will continue as acting group chief financial ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
"Growth rates for many of the euro area economies have been marked up, especially for Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, reflecting the stronger momentum in domestic demand and higher external demand. Growth in Spain, which has been well above potential ...

Platforms steady after Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
Platforms at the big four banks, AMP and IOOF can breathe a sigh of relief after the Royal Commission's final report. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did not recommend either structural separation or wider approved product lists. And this could slow ...