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Industry leaders join Prospa board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Two prominent female financial services executives have joined the board of online small business lender Prospa. Gail Pemberton and Fiona Trafford-Walker have been appointed as independent non-executive directors, while current director Greg Ruddock ...

Global fund manager promotes, restructures European unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
A global real estate investment manager announced several promotions and restructured its European business. TH Real Estate promoted Michael Neal to chief investment officer for Europe and Asia Pacific. London-based Neal joined the firm in 2008 and ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... with large exports. In addition, the US tax reform and associated fiscal stimulus are expected to temporarily raise US growth, with favourable demand spillovers for US trading partners - especially Canada and Mexico-during this period." The report also ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not at fault for the recent global equities sell-off and should not be blamed for the next financial market meltdown. This is the view of 68% of respondents polled in Financial Standard's survey last week, who said ETFs ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... that would necessitate the safe-haven quality of the US dollar. Mnuchin is correct, the lower US dollar would boost US growth and US inflation. "America First!" remember? Apart from increased exports, the cheaper greenback will boost multinationals' ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... consumer, even stuck my neck out (not to be chopped in time for Thanksgiving, crossed fingers) anticipating stronger US growth momentum. Yes Virginia, I intentionally kept away from talking about inflation for like the Fed, I, too, am in a daze. For ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... consistent coverage of the continuing improvement in the global economy with, in particular, improved confidence in the US growth outlook." "An easing in concerns about potential interest rate rises was a likely factor."...and improved consumer perception ...

Contango appoints small cap portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Contango Asset Management (CGA) has appointed the portfolio manager for its small cap strategy. Richard Ivers was previously a senior investment analyst with CGA, having joined in 2016. Before this, he was a portfolio manager at River Capital and a ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... Hurricane Irma alone. After all is said and done, it's back to economy watching again. Certainly, the hurricanes will skew US growth stats to the downside in the very near-term - as a result of the disruptions to production and consumption - and inflation ...

Wealth arm projects Perpetual profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
Perpetual announced net profits of $137 million, up 4% on FY16, driven in part by its wealth management arm. New client growth in target segments, as well as higher non-market related revenue and higher equity markets led to a before tax profit of $40.5 ...