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Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Industry expert to bolster Chi-X capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Chi-X Australia has appointed an industry expert to the newly created position of director of technical account management. Peter Warton steps into the new role form his current position as head of market operations at Chi-X. Chi-X said the new role ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
In his outing before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 9, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe practically gave his nod of approval in Financial Standard 's clear as the crystal ball's ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
A global infrastructure manager has announced its Infrastructure Income Fund is now available on a wide suite of retail investment platforms. The RARE Infrastructure fund is now on eight retail investment platforms, with BT Wrap being the latest addition. ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... useful for insurers to know both to properly assess risk, but also highlighted the fact that research into how genes can predict illness is still developing at a rapid pace. Chen brought up a study which - in small part - informed the moratorium in which ...

Future Fund backs tech startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Australia's $154 billion sovereign wealth fund has invested in a technology company looking to deploy its products in the industrial sector. California's Everactive raised $30 million in a recent funding round, of which Future Fund was the lead ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
BetaShares and Legg Mason have launched a new active ETF that will invest in emerging markets equities. Martin Currie, a Legg Mason affiliate, will manage the new exchange-traded fund, called the BetaShares Legg Mason Emerging Markets Fund (managed ...