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Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... downward spiral to be self-sustaining. Investors anticipate losses as pessimism and selling increases." You can count the New Year not happy once this gets going. There's still hope. The table below shows my calculations of the world's major ...

MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... having worked recently as the head of ICT strategic procurement at Ausgrid. Klein, Edgerton and Chandran will start in the New Year and report to chief innovation and transformation officer Sarv Girn. Girn commented: "Our ambition is to become Australia's ...

New MD for AMP Capital NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
AMP Capital announced a new managing director will lead its New Zealand subsidiary in the New Year. A new global head of fixed income has also been appointed. Bevan Graham will be the New Zealand managing director and chief economist from 1 January ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... victims are extremely unhappy. With the Debt colectiors back in full action, many families will face bad Christmass and new year. - Dr. George Tsambourakis (@tsambourakis) November 30, 2018 Consumer advocate George Tsambourakis says the Royal Commission ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... the board of a newly-launched SMSF investment platform in 2019. Joining OpenInvest as a non-executive director in the New Year is current Schroders Australia chief executive Greg Cooper. His appointment was combined with the platform's recent launch. ...

Former Cbus executive joins Tasplan board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Cbus investment executive is joining Tasplan Super's board as a non-executive director. Joining Tasplan's board in the New Year is Trish Donohue. She worked at Cbus for 17 years and was one of the founding members of its investment team. Departing in ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... distorted by "Black Friday and iPhone X sales..." (ABS), the February numbers could be too... by the timing of the Chinese New Year - February 16 this year, 28 January in 2017 (when monthly retail spending growth jumped by 0.5% in January following a ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... still rates Russia as "junk" or one notch below investment grade, it has raised its outlook to positive early in the New Year. According to S&P Global Ratings: "The upgrade reflects the track record of prudent policy response that has allowed the Russian ...

Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... historical perspective, the economy is not going to the dogs. Money and lending have always jumped before China's Lunar New Year before drifting back as the year progresses. The same will happen this year, the Year of the Dog. Ben Ong is the Director ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... consumer confidence. The lead from the rebound in consumer confidence in the fourth quarter of 2017 and early into the New Year provides solid underpinning to household consumption and overall economic growth over the coming quarters. Still, there's ...