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Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The RBA's growth and inflation forecasts and the Taylor Rule calls for just one more rate cut next year. So there we have it ladies and gents, the answer to every Australian's question du jour, how low will domestic interest rates go? I posed ...

Super fund bolsters leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... roles with Suncorp, Morgan Stanley and Accenture. His appointment follows that of a new chief risk officer in May. Sabine Taylor joined TelstraSuper from Colonial First State in February in the role on an interim basis before taking on the role permanently ...

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... is in the process of appointing joint lead managers: Crestone Wealth Management, Commonwealth Securities, Ord Minnett, Taylor Collison and Wilsons as the joint lead managers for the offer. VGI is targeting a maximum of $1 billion for the LIC and says ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... markets expect one (to 0.75%) or two (to 0.50%) more interest rate reductions would do it. But what does the time-tested Taylor Rule - a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... 63.5% (from 50.6% a day before the conclusion of the June FOMC meeting and a mere 8.6% a month ago). But what does the 'Taylor Rule' prescribe? For quick reference, here's Wikipedia's definition (yes, yes I know): "In economics, a Taylor ...

TelstraSuper names chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
TelstraSuper has appointed a chief risk officer who recently joined from Colonial First State. Sabine Taylor was initially named the corporate super fund's interim chief risk officer in February. She will transition to the permanent role immediately. ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... forecasts from two rate HIKES to one rate HIKE to NONE. Financial Standard was also the first to prescribe that, based on the Taylor Rule, Australia's official cash rate should be 1% - two rate cuts - on February 6; three months before the RBA acknowledged ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Super fund awards $100m debt mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... that this partnership with Brandywine Global will bring," she added. Legg Mason director of institutional business Colin Taylor said the fund has been able to achieve its results for investors by focussing on assets that are mispriced and trading significantly ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... rationales have emerged justifying RBA rate cut(s), Financial Standard had always relied on that time tested work by John Taylor to estimate the required level of interest rate for a given state of the economy. In the economics vernacular, this is known ...