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Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... deal signed on the 15th of January 2020 went into effect a day after heart's day. February 15 marked the day when Washington and Beijing put concrete action into the promised and hoped for de-escalation of trade tensions. On this day, America cut ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... (79%), Insurance Australia (75%), QBE Insurance (75%) and AMP (73%) also scored relatively well. TPG Telecom (23%), Washington H Soul Pattinson and Co. (26%), James Hardie Industries (31%) and Nine Entertainment (33%) came in at the bottom of the naughty ...

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... amounts to approximately US $4.85 million. Griffithe is accused of selling investors ownership interests in SMRB LLC, a Washington based company owned by Russell that had a licence to grow marijuana under the state's recreational cannabis laws. According ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Washington State. This followed the share market declines in the Asia Pacific time zone -- the MSCI Asia Pacific index (ex-Japan) ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... 7.5%... with Trump promising "to take those tariffs off if we do phase two." The de-escalation of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing should go a long way towards reducing the uncertainty that has plagued the global economy for the past 18 ...

Super fund grows US real estate assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... billion in retirement savings expanded its US property portfolio, adding residential and office tower complexes in Washington and Virginia. QSuper has closed two property deals in the US, acquiring a two-tower office complex in Bellevue, Washington and ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... talks are going to land and how that's going to impact the overall economy," GM chief executive Mary Barra told the Washington Post. The OECD prescribes: "If downside risks materialise and global growth looks set to be significantly weaker than projected ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... significant." There was RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forum in Washington about his optimism over the domestic economy and therefore, "I wouldn't assume" further rate reductions. There was this ...

Berkshire to chase growth for InvestSMART

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... principal Nelson Lam also worked on Pengana's separation from NAB in 2017 and the transaction between Hunter Hall and Washington H. Soul Pattinson. "Given the current Australian economy, recent banking royal commissions and scalability of funds management ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... last nail hammered in by RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forum in Washington about his optimism over the domestic economy and therefore, "I wouldn't assume" further rate reductions. After all was ...