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Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
It's gone viral! The coronavirus that is, and it is sending shivers in equity markets around the world, from New York to Rio and ol' London town. The financial markets' fear is palpable. The VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped to reading ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
"I've got chills, They're multiplying..." Wall Street is down... with the coronavirus flu! The Dow declined by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Specialist insurer updates definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
A specialist insurance firm has updated its definitions and expanded product benefits for members. PPS Mutual has enhanced its Professionals Choice product range. Across all existing and new policies, the 12-month terminal illness definition within ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
CommInsure admitted it misled the Financial Ombudsman Service that was helping resolve a claimant's dispute by deliberately withholding medical information and delaying the process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting ...

AMP Capital hires award-winning stock picker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... London and Sydney. Debs will be based in London, reporting to AMP Capital's head of global listed infrastructure Giuseppe Corona. "Michel's appointment brings valuable utilities sector knowledge and skills to the existing expertise on the Global Listed ...

AIA announces pricing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
AIA Australia is adjusting its level premiums and stepped life rates as well as offering further discounts for new clients. New members joining the Priority Protection and Priority Protection for Platform Investors products will be affected by the changes. ...

AMP Capital execs depart in investment shake-up

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... listed real estate has become sole head of that business, and global listed infrastructure senior portfolio manager Giuseppe Corona will take on the equivalent role for listed infrastructure. Both will report to Hoult. Because of these changes, head ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Kotecha sees it as a core holding in the Global Titans Fund. The world's largest beer company owns brands such as Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois among others. If the equivalent of a global financial crisis was to occur again, Kotecha said AB InBev ...

AMP Capital brings global mngt in-house

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... supported by four analysts in Sydney and London including new portfolio managers and analysts, Kevin Scutt and Giuseppe Corona. "We continue to see increased demand for global listed real estate and infrastructure domestically and internationally and ...