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Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... now in a bear market - WTI oil is down 21.2% from its nearest high (US$76.40/barrel on 3 October) to US$60.19/barrel and Brent oil is heading in the same direction, down 18.5% to US$70.15/barrel from the 2018 high US$86.07/barrel recorded on the 4 October. ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... the earlier months of this year. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has jumped US$66.81 per barrel while that of Brent oil gained US$72.05 per barrel - above the psychological level of US$50 a barrel and at their highest since December 2014. ...

TCorp finalises restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
TCorp has capped its investment team restructure with three new appointments targeted at portfolio construction. Tanya Branwhite joins TCorp as the new head of portfolio construction. She joins from the Future Fund where she was most recently a director ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... rupee's depreciation would aggravate the upward push in India's inflation caused by rising oil prices - the price of Brent oil has risen by 24% between January and September this year - because of the country's dependence on oil imports. ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent oil surged by 3.2% to a four-year high of US$81.27 a barrel; WTI oil jumped by 1.9% to US$72.10 per barrel from their ...

TCorp restructure rolls on

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
New South Wales public sector investment manager TCorp is welcoming two senior appointments. Joining the $94 billion manager's investment team is Adrian Trollor. Beginning in November, Trollor enters the newly-created role of head of partner selection ...

CBA research lead heads to Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... knowledge of advice and working with licensees and advisers." CBA has confirmed that current senior manager, investment research Brent Bevan has been promoted to replace Ramrakha. Ramrakha's last day with CBA will be September 14 and he will join ...

TCorp restructure nears completion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
An investment team transformation at TCorp is in its final stages. The $93 billion public sector fund manager recently farewelled its head of equities and made two internal appointments as part of the restructure. TCorp head of equities Peter Laity ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... with Time magazine around mid-April this year when he hinted at wanting the price of crude to reach around US$80/barrel - Brent oil was trading below US$70/barrel at the time and WTI oil below US$65/barrel. This, along with Saudi Energy Minister Khalid ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - observing that "Q1 GDP growth tends to be the lowest of the four quarters" and the Brent Moulton - the BEA's associate director for national economic accounts admitting that "even though the data is adjusted ...