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Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... perform better when the market is struggling." Absolute return investing can measure its performance against the Reserve Bank cash rate instead of a market benchmark. "One thing we know about cash rates is - certainly in Australia's history - they don't ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... and the three other quarters." CNBC quoted Tom Stark - manager of the Real-Time Data Research Centre at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - observing that "Q1 GDP growth tends to be the lowest of the four quarters" and the Brent Moulton - the ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Cryptocurrency usage in Australia is currently not large enough to raise policy concerns for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), an official from the central bank said in Sydney yesterday. The Reserve Bank has closely followed developments in the crypto ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... RBA Shadow Board. They are Doctors Mark Crosby, Warwick McKibbin and James Morley and they have a message for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) best summed up by Dr. Morely: "With debt levels where they are, house prices where they are, and an economy ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was even inked in black ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... markets before serving as chief investment officer from 2014. After Adrian Orr departed to become Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in March 2018, Whineray acted as interim chief executive. NZ Super Fund chair Catherine Savage said Whineray ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... are pretty numbers that'll sure put a smile on Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's face and vindicate the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) "central forecast for GDP growth to pick up, to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019." Financial ...

HESTA revamps executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... resigned last month. Tan is a former Goldman Sachs portfolio manager and has also worked as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Tan joins HESTA with an extensive knowledge of our investment approach, having worked closely with its investment ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
We are one and we are many, and all of us don't expect any movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when it meets at 2.30pm today for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on ...