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Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... activity in the services industry. We all know the why's and wherefores of this and its name is "Tariff Trump". US President Donald Trump's declaration of the 25/10 tariff on steel/aluminium on 1 March 2018 set the wheels of global economic activity ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... set off alarm bells that something must be wrong with the US and/or it has sacrificed its independence and kowtowed to President Donald Trump. But financial markets cannot have their cake and eat it too. The Fed disappointed expectations for only a single ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... whether emerging markets are in contagion. He believes Brazil's story will prove this to be a myth - especially as new President Jair Bolsonaro begins in January and will deliver reforms that begin to change the direction of GDP in the longer term ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
It's hard not to agree with US President Donald Trump's latest tweet: "It is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering ...

Former AFL club president joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
A former Port Adelaide Football Club president will now chair the board of a $28 billion superannuation fund. Greg Boulton has been appointed by the Governor of South Australia as presiding member (chair) of Super SA. He has been appointed for a period ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... planning to meet with EU leaders in Brussels later this week (although I don't know what else could be achieved when EU president Juncker have already stated that the EU would stand pat by the current agreement on Brexit and is not open to re-opening ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
With one tweet, US President Donald Trump reversed all of Wall Street's gains... and then some. "....I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... of IFM Investors. This meant that last year Industry Super Australia was at the business roundtable when the US Vice President made his first visit to Australia," Collins said. When former ISA chief executive David Whiteley moved on to IFM Investors ...

MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... further to provide a better experience for customers. Chandran was most recently the chief information officer and vice president of information technology at First Data for Australia and New Zealand. Darren Klein has joined as general manager of data ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... we've already heard Fed vice-chairman Clarida talking about the Fed being "much closer" to neutral and Atlanta Fed President Bostic speak of the fed funds rate being "not too far" from neutral, but nothing beats hearing the same from the Fed's ...