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Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Are we seeing US President Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" in real-time, live and in action? Ever since Trump declared a trade war with China in late March this year, there have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Goldilocks state of monetary, neither accommodative nor restrictive. An essay on "The Neutral Rate of Interest" by Dallas Fed president Robert Kaplan (published late last month) appears to justify the 3% rate. I've cut pasted his chart showing the ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... investments, despite the recent energy policy uncertainties," he said with this week's announcement. SUSI Partners vice president Matteo Zanni led the Queensland transaction. "This project is a high-quality and strategic investment for SUSI. It positions ...

Former CBA Private advisers join Wilsons

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Wealth Management. Similarly, Smith spent considerable time at Merrill Lynch as well as Morgan Stanley, where he was vice president of wealth management, before joining CBA in 2010. Bryant added: "Wilsons has built its private wealth offering through ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... oversee the multi-asset and equity managed funds and managed accounts capabilities. He will report to Morningstar IM group president and global chief investment officer Daniel Needham. "We believe that Matt will be an invaluable addition to the Asia ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... rationalise Monday night's big drop on Wall Street on anything else but is simply not rational. The same way the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has done with his tweet: "The prospect of presidential harassment by the Dems is causing ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... immediate increase in oil production after the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on 23 September. Not after US president Donald Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran as well as threatened that the US would also sanction countries importing oil ...

Global manager appoints distribution director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Mercer, Neuberger Berman, and Western Asset Management. In her most recent role she was Neuberger Berman's vice president, institutional business, and institutional business sales executive. Spending two years at the firm, she was responsible for ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... their highest since December 2014. The black gold's price received another boost in the middle of this year after US President Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran as well as threatening that the US would also sanction countries importing oil from ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... the record low of 0.988K recorded in May 1969. Whether by luck or design, the booming US economy would have been US president Donald Trump's major legacy to the world - with America super charging growth all around the globe. But alas! Reminiscent ...