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Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... global growth. The Organisations for Economic Development and Cooperation's (OECD) recently-released the OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook report merely formalised this "known known" and put numbers on it. "Growth forecasts for next ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... long way from neutral" to hinting of a pause in its rate-hiking efforts as he enumerated three risks to Fed's growth outlook in the coming year - slowing overseas growth, fading effects of the US fiscal stimulus and the lagged effects of the Fed's ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... wealth fund to $146 billion. It also added "moderate" risk in the period to take advantage of a shorter-term economic outlook which it says looks positive. Last week, Financial Standard reported on two alternatives mandates appointed by the fund as its ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... their nest egg on the day they retired," it said in a statement. Different story for the poorest Despite its positive outlook on retirement income, Grattan thinks the retirement incomes system is not working for some low-income Australians who rent ...

October volatility sours investor outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... slowing down (32%) are also concerning factors. State Street's Investor Confidence Index registered a similarly gloomy outlook across all regions. Global investor confidence decreased to 84.4 points from September's of 87.8. In Europe, investor ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... obviously weakening demand for services." All up: "Although Chinese companies remained upbeat towards the 12-month business outlook in October, the level of positive sentiment fell across both manufacturers and service providers. At goods producers ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... the previous period. But governor Carney could be forgiven for "waiting" this time because Brexit is nigh. "The economic outlook will depend significantly on the nature of EU withdrawal, in particular the form of new trading arrangements, the smoothness ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The $142 billion superannuation fund is trimming stocks in its default option, as it moves from a growth outlook to a more neutral one. Speaking at a members' forum in Sydney last night, AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... picks-up. Recall former RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' words: "As wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important for the inflation outlook."

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... gains in share markets over the past few years. We're closely monitoring any signs of deterioration in the economic outlook, although at this stage the global economy remains strong, and we see the benefits outweighing the risks," Barker said in ...