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BTIG names co-heads of APAC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... brokerage services firm. In Sydney, the firm recently hired Sam Coates, former head of European sales trading at Royal Bank of Canada in London, as managing director of international equities.

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... of China's latest activity stats - a question whose answer will determine future policy moves by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Politburo. Retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment numbers for April suggest that ...

AMP loses default KiwiSaver mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... improving returns, the number of default providers has been cut from nine to six. This resulted in AMP, ANZ and ASB being cut. Bank of New Zealand, Booster, BT Funds Management, Kiwi Wealth, Simplicity and Smartshares have retained their mandates. AMP ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... power to pre-emptively identify and manage risks, or intervene in a FMI failure crisis. Under the reforms, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be able to manage a failure at a clearing and settlement facility. There will also be a facility for the ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... help them save for their first home. But with interest rates at 6000-year lows and - based on comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia - likely to stay that way, and home prices exploding through the stratosphere so rapidly, the FHSS scheme has no ...

AMP advice transformation leads exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Commonwealth Financial Planning. Prior to AMP, Hopkins was a program director at TAFE NSW and an executive business manager at Bank of Queensland. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Westpac, Citi and Macquarie Group.

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... MORE Aware Super - Rebrand Colonial First State - Baillie Gifford partnership Fidelity - 'Flourish' Suncorp - Bank of the Year MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER NGS Super - NGS onboarding program ANZ Financial Advice - Financial advice ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
As expected, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy board decided to keep current settings unchanged at its April meeting. Ever the optimist, the BOJ summarised its view in its "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2021)" report, saying ...