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Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... post-Brexit trade and cooperation pact on 24 December 2020 and before the ink on the signatures of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 30 December 2020 has ...

Sydney boutique hires former Franklin PM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... uses a multi portfolio manager structure to invest in global equities with a sustainability focus. Wilmshurst is a past president of the CFA Society's Melbourne chapter, and a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. "...Peter is joining us ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... wrought by the coronavirus. Wall Street's 2020 rally is perfectly rationale given vaccine optimism and the end of President Donald Trump's term in office. But underlying all these are America's aggressive fiscal and monetary responses. The ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... playing field, governance and fishing access. So much so that both UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the risk of a no-deal is more likely come December 31 when the transition period ends. ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... ones like Germany, Spain and Italy - and the subsequent re-imposition and/or tightening of restrictions there. As ECB president Christine Lagarde intimated, while the central bank expected the second wave, it did not anticipate "the depth of it, the ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... would have allowed Vine to access friends via Facebook," the FTC said. Responding to the action, Facebook's vice president and general counsel Jennifer Newstead labelled the suits "revisionist history", saying "this is simply not how the antitrust ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, mobile services, serverless, and more to drive innovation. AWS senior vice president of global infrastructure Peter DeSantis said he looks forward to driving transformation to a wider range of customers. "Together ...

Longstanding CDPQ executive resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... institution, which plays a unique role in Quebec." From January 2021 CDPQ Infra chief executive Jean-Marc Arbaud will become president and chief executive of the real assets division. "Over the past 16 years, Macky has left his mark on our organization ...

Acadian hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Acadian Asset Management is growing its research team with a new appointment. Steven Wong has been named vice president of research and associate portfolio manager. He will be responsible for researching Australian and global quantitative equity portfolios ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... a growing number of states to reimpose restrictions - most recently California - to try and contain the outbreak. US president-elect Joe Biden's reported call for mask wearing couldn't come soon enough (not until he is sworn in on January 20 ...