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Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) policy decision - to be announced this afternoon - will only confirm what everyone already is expecting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe and his board will keep Australia's monetary policy settings unchanged - ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... barriers in speaking with advisers. According to Challenger chief executive distribution, product and marketing Angela Murphy, the firm decided to "do more of the heavy lifting", to help time-poor advisers explain the risks retirees face, including educating ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... financial success. In a virtual conference held by Morningstar, the investment manager's global head of decision sciences Ryan Murphy said arming investors with the skills to limit behavioural biases can be especially helpful during a crisis. "Even in ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... effectively restarting economic activity. "Easy like Sunday morning"? No, Sunday's news wasn't. To paraphrase Mr. Murphy, anything that could go wrong went wrong. Here are the headlines: Northeast China hit by coronavirus infections, Wuhan reports ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... traditional strategic asset allocation-driven processes," Insight investment director of Australia and New Zealand Bruce Murphy said. "Importantly, we understood that many retirees are faced with the prospect of drawing down on their capital at the wrong ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Think your 30-50% year-to-date loss in your equity portfolio is bad? Just wait until all buyers disappear, consumed by a tiny speck of micro-organism. Remember Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Monetary and Keynesian stimulus ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... role will focus on growing Challenger's annuities products among financial advisers. The duo will report to Angela Murphy, Challenger's chief executive of distribution, product and marketing, and are expected to start next month. Challenger declined ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... investment firm has appointed its first Australian partner to lead its operations down under. Former Olympic diver Mike Murphy has been promoted to partner at Bain Capital, after five years with the firm. Prior to the promotion, Murphy served as the ...

BT Financial Group enlists research provider

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... portfolio insights, designed to support client engagement. Morningstar director of manager research for Asia Pacific Tim Murphy will lead the new service. "With the financial advice industry going through an unprecedented period of change, we are seeing ...