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Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... accommodation." To be sure, not even Christine Lagarde wants to come out with all guns blazing in her debut as the new ECB president; nor was there urgent need to do so. The December 2019 Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area was ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." While a "phase one" deal between the US and China appears to be close (again), it's still prudent not to write-off the possibility of a re-escalation in the tariff wars given Trump's recent targeting ...

Vale David Smith

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
HESTA director and former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is being remembered as an inspirational leader. Smith, who was also general secretary of the Australian Services Union, passed away suddenly on November ...

Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The US-China trade deal/no trade deal seesaw continues to drive the markets' daily ups and downs. But behind these day-to-day swings is the rise and rise on Wall Street - to new record highs. To be sure, the third quarter reporting season was nothing ...

Nuveen switches up executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... switches up its executive team, and has announced a permanent head of real estate for the Asia Pacific region. Current president Jose Minaya will move into the role of chief executive in January 2020 when current chief executive Vijay Advani becomes ...

Life Company of the Year crowned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... the return to health and wellness award. Amid the congratulations, speeches from AFA chief executive Philip Kewin and president Marc Bineham hinted at the trials and tribulations of the year for the association and its members. Having recently returned ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... Meaghan Victor. The group also comprised: Viridian Advisory chief investment officer Piers Bolger; Morgan Stanley vice president, head of product Shaun Bornstein; Credit Suisse executive director of investment consulting Stephen Cabot; Koda Capital head ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper led Financial Services Council New Zealand chief executive Richard Klipin and president and chief executive of the United States' Employee Benefit Research Institute Lori Lucas in a discussion about the similarities ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... scalable technology enablers such as cloud computing and industry standard gateways," he said. Also commenting, Sargon vice president of product Tom Merrett said: "The addition of fund administration services will continue to build out Sargon's 'full ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... donation and we are all very proud to be supporting the world-leading work of VisionFund." VisionFund International president and chief executive Michael Mithika said VisionFund was grateful for the opportunity to bring a bond issued by a microfinance ...