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RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... 25 bps lift next year and one in 2020 that will take the fed funds rate up to 3.4% by then. On the other hand, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% -- where it had been since November 2016. Not only that ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... planning (alternative and quantitative). Press' prior experience includes working at SBC Asset Management and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Hughes has been group general counsel for Tabcorp since July 2017. Before this, he was the chief risk and ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

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 ...

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: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... the 53rd in the world with 2016 GDP estimated at US$185 billion - which is roughly 1/100th the size of the US. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's policy meeting of 10 May 2018 might be Governor Adrian Orr's first - he assumed office on March 27 ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... Financial Products and Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, Gilmore worked with both the International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Among the investment team reshuffle, head of infrastructure and timberland Wendy Norris will take up the ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... rating from both Standard and Poor's and Moody's. The fund invests in low-risk, high-quality money market instruments such as bank deposits, commercial paper, certificate or paper and short-term debt instruments. "Many investors, particularly those in ...

Cbus replaces two board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... each have completed their three-year term. Edwards most recently served a five-year term as a board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and is currently a non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute, an adjunct professor with the John Curtin Institute ...

Crestone names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... role of head of macro research, Australia and New Zealand. Prior to UBS, he served as a senior economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia and is a former trustee director of Australian Christian Superannuation.