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Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... the total Aussie payout as it shaved off $700 million from its dividends to shareholders in the midst of a restructuring. Bank dividends also flat lined as the country's highest-dividend payers kept dividend rates on hold, except for CBA which made an ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
From conventional methods to manage investments to the role of blockchain in the future, an industry panel session debates what business models have the power to disrupt financial services. Appearing on a panel at the SIBOS conference in Sydney this ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual on the first Tuesday of the month (except January), on October 2. It could be both, plus of ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminium in the name of "national security" that begot retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Japan, the European Union and Mexico, among others. Australia was exempted. Emerging markets - most of which are heavily ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... presence. SUSI Partners currently has about $1.4 billion in assets under management, including a mandate from European Investment Bank, the entity sponsored by EU members. It manages and invests in infrastructure that helps decarbonise the energy system ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... relationship manager, becoming team leader in 2013 and market leader in 2017. He previously worked at Macquarie Group, the Royal Bank of Canada and Hambros Bank. He also served seven years in the British Army. In announcing the appointment, Wade said ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... brought back trepidation over an escalation of the trade war) and most recently he went on attack against his own central bank - the US Federal Reserve. Apparently, in his mind the Fed's rate rises are undermining "all that we have done". Two interest ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... equal measures. These are just the headlined reports of the on-going battle over trade. America's also in a stoush with Canada, Mexico, Japan and the European Union, among others. But latest reports provide indications that Trump might be softening ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... around comes around. The New York Tines reports that "China and Mexico have already retaliated with their own tariffs, and Canada, Japan and Turkey are readying similar offensives. The risk of escalation is high since Trump has promised even more tariffs." ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... changed to reflect "Fed participants" expectations of two (instead of one) more rate hike this year. The European Central Bank (ECB)'s kept policy unchanged at its June meeting, also as expected. However, it announced it's halving its net asset ...