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Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025

... organisation's national director for Serbia and Montenegro from 1999 to 2003. He was also engaged with World Vision's Syria crisis response and worked in Serbia and Montenegro for over three years in the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis. He also ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024

... Afghanistan and Iraq wars. He also launched airstrikes and military raids in at least seven countries - Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan - outlets such as CNN and the LA Times report. "The [Obama] administration built secret ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 16 APR 2018

... moved on to North Korea (although this was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend Syria (and indirectly Syria's sponsor Russia), while at the same time waging war at home with the FBI, his own party and his executive ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018

Had it not been for Trump's attack threat on Syria (now retreat) the other day, financial markets would have been dissecting the minutes of the Fed's 20-21 March FOMC meeting. There really was nothing significant except for a sentence alluding to a ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017

... allowed the Fed to continue normalising monetary policy since, despite heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties - Syria, North Korea, Russia and French elections and Brexit. And more, the US central bank's even considering upside risks to its ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 APR 2017

Trump's actions against Syria show that he walks the talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017

... ordinary day on Wall Street but last night it was one with an upward bias despite geo-political tremors - chemical attack in Syria and nuclear missile testing in North Korea - and doubts over Trump-flation. This came as no surprise for Wall Streeters ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017

... signed an executive order re-imposing the "travel ban" on six countries (formerly seven) -- Yemen, Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Sudan (now excludes Iraq) show Trump's determination to follow through on his promises. Trump's reflationary policies and ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017

... would recall Trump's executive order barring the citizens of seven Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen - from US soil for the next 90 days and the suspension of admission of all refugees for 120 days. And don't we dare ...

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BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017

Yes people, we are now staring at Dow 20,000! For sure, the Dow as an equity market measure is flawed and that in terms of market and economic fundamentals, this means diddly-squat. However, in the world of technical analysts, this is the mark where ...

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Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN

Future Fund chair Greg Combet said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney yesterday.

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN

Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey.

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA

While investor sentiment has improved since Liberation Day, geopolitical and tariff uncertainties will continue to deteriorate fund flows for asset managers, Morningstar predicts.

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA

Geopolitical uncertainties are forcing family offices out of US equities, diversifying into cash and liquid alternatives, according to BlackRock's annual Global Family Office Survey.

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