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Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... government of the day (pun intended) - before the UK Parliament is moot, the fact remains that the Queen of the United Kingdom has all but given her imprimatur on Brexit come 31 October 2019. But this remains a tall ask (if the UK wants to exit with ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... and dumped another. In the space of only a couple of days, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets purchased the United Kingdom's only dedicated business airport, Farnborough Airport and sold its interest in Hobart International Airport to a consortium ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Norway and Ireland with New Zealand in fifth place. Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Luxembourg round out the top 10. The United Kingdom and United States are ranked 17th and 18th in the world respectively. Retirees in the Czech Republic and Israel can expect ...

Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Asset managers in the United Kingdom have shrunk their research budgets by up to 30% but are delivering millions in benefits to investors, according to the UK financial authority's review of MiFID II. The Financial Conduct Authority yesterday published ...

Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Pension funds should stop charging flat fees on small and dormant accounts, a report produced by the United Kingdom Work and Pensions Committee recommends. The report said even if a pension fund makes a good return, a flat fee structure can completely ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... "Australia aims to be at the forefront of genomic science and is now the only country in the world outside the United Kingdom where a favourable genetic test result can be disclosed, but an adverse result doesn't have to be," Loane said. "The FSC believes ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... exchange rate." Not only this, the statement says: "Looking through recent volatility, underlying growth in the United Kingdom appears to have weakened slightly in the first half of the year relative to 2018 to a rate a little below its potential." "The ...

Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Investors in the United Kingdom lost more than £27 million to cryptoasset and forex scams in the last year. The Financial Conduct Authority is urging UK citizens to be wary of investment scams carried out through "bogus" online trading platforms, after ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... reflects negative revisions for several major economies including the euro area, Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia". Then again, negative revisions are more negative than others. The IMF re-calibrated Australia's ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... reflects negative revisions for several major economies including the euro area, Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia". No surprises but the IMF nominated the US-China trade tensions - along with "macroeconomic ...