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Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... iron ore prices have risen by 7.4% to US$78.30/tonne. This is higher than the US$77.50 at the time the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met on 5 September last year. The minutes of that meeting later revealed the board's expectations for iron ore prices ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... across industries, "outside of retail". Weak growth in wages will keep inflation low, providing the Reserve Bank of Australia neither rhyme nor reason to raise interest rates anytime soon. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... growth in wages to remain unchanged at a 2% rate in the fourth quarter from the third. Reading from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy statement after its 6 February meeting, the Australian central bank is wagering on the same: "Notwithstanding ...

SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... for Financial Studies, she is an experienced company director with board appointments including the Reserve Bank of Australia Payments System Board, the publicly listed Mortgage Choice, and the YBR FinTech Hub Advisory Board." Ralston said it is an honour ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... their signal about their intent? Should the rumblings on Wall Street continue, those predicting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would maintain the status quo on monetary policy and keep the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5% for all ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank of Australia is also expected to begin stepping back from historically low interest rates, though economist Saul Eslake predicts ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... that's a word) and China's double-digit growth went single. But perhaps the more direct cause was the Reserve Bank of Australia's (policy response), it continued to raising the official cash rate from what was then the all-time low of 3% in 2009 to 4.75% ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint market expectations when it conducted its last board meeting for 2017. The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate where it had been since August 2016, at a record low 1.5%. The December ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
How could the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) get it so spectacularly wrong? You, I and Irene could be forgiven for thinking so if you overlay today's Australian Financial Review's (AFR) headline, "Iron ore extends rally, fresh bull market beckons" ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... spending that... Were it not for Australia's record high household debt and still high property prices, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would, at the very least, be changing its policy stance towards greater accommodation by now. Perhaps the better ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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