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Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
If you want a poster boy to that old saying that, "a stitch in time saves nine" China is it. Latest data show that China's manufacturing sector is back in expansion. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased ...

Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
If the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) very own Financial Aggregates report - released on March 29 - doesn't convince the board to switch from its current "neutral stance" to an interest rate cut very, very soon, by the time it does - and ...

New director at BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The Australian arm of BlackRock has appointed a new director from Mercer. Chris Baker has moved into the role of director, fixed income product strategist within BlackRock's global fixed income and credit platform. Within the role, he is tasked with ...

Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's push to have standardised terms and definitions for group insurance is open for consultation until April 26. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is taking recommendation 4.13 from the Royal Commission's final report further by determining ...

Association names new chief and president

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
Workplace Super Specialists Australia has welcomed a new chief executive and president. Paul Mann takes the reins as chief executive and David Harvie has been named president of the financial education and advisory services provider to superannuation ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
When I was an economics student, I never much cared about economic history. What good does economic history offer? The agricultural revolution gave way to the revolution in industry and now... the tech revolt. Surely, things and the way of doing things ...

Frydenberg takes action on banning grandfathered commissions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Consultation is now open for the Federal Government's response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation that grandfathered conflicted remuneration should be eliminated. The new regulation proposes financial product manufacturers to pass on to ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Dallas Fred President Robert Kaplan has been reading my daily rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion ...

J.P. Morgan appoints new local chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
J.P. Morgan has appointed a new chief executive for its business in Australia and New Zealand, as the incumbent moves into an APAC role. Robert Bedwell is taking the top job after working as the head of sales and marketing. Bedwell moves into the role ...

Curtain call for JCP Investment Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Boutique Australian equity fund manager JCP Investment Partners is closing its doors and will progressively wind down its funds. JCP said in a statement to Financial Standard it will return funds to clients and its workforce of 21 employees is "unable ...