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Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
We might just be heading to witness once again the truth about the old adage on Wall Street that "a bull market doesn't die of old age, the Fed murders it." As expected, the US Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%-2.5% ...

Multiforte founder takes AFA Inspire lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... also chairs the NSW Council of FINSIA, and has held various senior roles at BT Financial Group, Westpac, CBA and State Street prior to launching Multiforte. McCallum said she was attracted to the energy of AFA Inspire, and was keen to begin planning ...

Link hires former State Street MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... manager Simon Wunder. Prior to joining Link, Edwards held the role of managing director, senior relationship manager at State Street where she was responsible for relationship management and a number of client transformations. Link Fund Solutions provides ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... news for the economy, and not all instances of steepening are good news either," the authors wrote. Matthew Arnold, State Street Global Advisors head of ETF strategy and research for APAC said an inverted yield curve has proven to be a decent predictor ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... vacuum. Things get in the way. Proof? About this time last year, Factset's stories were: Upbeat outlook for 2018: - Wall Street strategists upbeat on the outlook for 2018. Barron's cover story ("Outlook 2018: The Bull Market's Next Act") ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... curve in more than a decade awoke the specter of a recession," he said. Sure, they all add up. But if (and whenever) Wall Street does a rebound, opposing rationales will be in the fore once more, explaining the whys and wherefores for the bounce. However ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now it's good cop bad cop. Bad cop Trump told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that it's "highly unlikely" he would agree to China's plea for him to refrain from lifting the current ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The ups and downs in US equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... Nugent is the new sales manager for Queensland. His previous experience includes working as a financial adviser at Anne Street Partners. Stephen Nyabadza is now the sales manager for Victoria and Tasmania. He most recently worked as a business development ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... around 2% in the year to September. More pertinent, inflation expectations have come down... big time. Recall the spook Wall Street got when the US yield curve - the yield differential between the US 10-year and two-year bonds - flattened to 0.4% (the ...