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Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Advantage, run by former Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Singapore options trader Simon Ho, was terminated on Saturday by a GSFM Funds Management subsidiary which acts as its responsible entity. The fund's assets dwindled by $3.21 million ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
With the bushfire inferno still raging, Australia needs all the good news it could get... and it's arrived. The All Ordinaries index surged by 0.7% to a new record high of 7041.9 points and the Australian dollar appreciated by 0.6% to US$0.6901 ...

FPA offers pro bono support to bushfire victims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Australians impacted by the ongoing bushfire crisis. "The FPA community supported those who suffered in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and we want to offer our support again," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. "Our members have lifelong relationships ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
UBS has materially reduced downside risk for housing as last Saturday's elections lay to rest Labor's negative gearing plans and separately, APRA is easing its stance on mortgage lending. "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... imposing increased tariffs on a total of 5140 products imported from the US (worth around US$60 billion) starting on Saturday, 00:00 hours on the 1st of June. As per Bloomberg, this includes: 25% tariffs on 2,493 items from current 10% 20% tariffs on ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Former financial services minister Kelly O'Dwyer will retire before the next election. In an announcement on Saturday, Member for Higgins Kelly O'Dwyer said she would not recontest the next federal election, citing personal reasons. "After much agonising ...

Mercer assists super fund members experiencing domestic violence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... victims of family violence is now available free of charge to Australia's superannuation funds ahead of White Ribbon Day on Saturday 25 November. In the past two years Mercer Australia has received more than 6000 calls from customers seeking financial ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Financial System Inquiry's recommendations. In the government's 'Social Impact Investing' discussion paper released on Saturday, Treasurer Scott Morrison outlined the government's position on social impact investing, calling for submissions on three ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... that we are not planning to issue [deficit bonds]", said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide Upper House election ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... but Blue Sky founder and managing director Mark Sowerby reveals the process behind each is not all that different. On Saturday 8 August, Sowerby completed the 54km swim from the English coast to mainland Europe. The achievement, which he is hoping will ...