The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 591 - 600 of 3072 results for "Benjamin"

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019

Could it be? Could it be that Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has just gotten one up on me? Nah Virginia, me don't want to "kill Bill", we economists may not see eye to eye but we stick together. More so that Bill's come around to my ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019

What's the time Mr Wolf? It's time to go Philip! It's time for RBA governor Philip Lowe to go and cut interest rates. Perhaps impatience may have gotten the better of me for it's only been two weeks since the Australian central bank ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019

Japanese officials and investors must be wiping the sweats from their foreheads after the Cabinet Office released its latest National Accounts report and showed the country dodged a recession. Japanese GDP grew 0.3% in the December 2018 quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019

The University of Michigan's latest update on consumer confidence indicates that there's hope still for household spending. Recall the reported big drop in US retail spending (down 1.2% in the month of December) that I penned is consistent with ...

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 ...

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

When the Bank of England (BOE) decided to keep monetary policy settings unchanged following its February 7 monetary policy committee meeting, it acknowledged in its statement that: "UK economic growth slowed in late 2018 and appears to have weakened ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019

Citing Sean Taylor - DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities - Financial Standard editor, Darren Snyder, penned a report titled, "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the 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 ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019

N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

PAGE:

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.

Videos

Brought to you by

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Follow the leaders

A guaranteed future

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

Strength amid noise

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Hobart

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Brian Redican

CHIEF ECONOMIST
NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY CORPORATION

What makes an economist an economist? TCorp chief economist Brian Redican reflects on over three decades of navigating Australia's economic cycles. Riddhima Talwani writes.

READ MORE