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Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in surveying the economic landscape, the sheer scale and severity of the global lockdown has been striking. Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the research department at the IMF, said the "Great ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
Financial professionals in the United States are optimistic about a market recovery, while pessimism is highest in the Asian region where professionals are forecasting double-digit losses, according to Natixis. In its most recent Natixis Investment ...

Boutique expands investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
An Australian institutional investment manager has expanded its global listed infrastructure team with two new hires. Maple-Brown Abbott has nabbed Georgia Hall and Gitendra Pradhananga to join its $5 billion infrastructure business, set to help further ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a major crackdown on foreign investment in Australia, including new overriding "last resort powers" which will allow him to force foreign divestment in exceptional cases. The reforms to the country's foreign ...

New role for AMP Capital ESG head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The former head of ESG investment research at AMP Capital has taken up a new role. Ian Woods will provide specialist consultancy on climate change and responsible investment to Chronos Sustainability. He will be Chronos' climate change and sustainable ...

Raiz Super bleeds red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Raiz Invest's super offering lost a further $2 million during the month of May, with Australians taking advantage of the government's early release scheme to preemptively access their retirement savings. Over the last three months, funds under management ...

Magellan to use BasisCode for trading compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Magellan Financial Group will use Atlanta-based BasisCode Compliance LLC as the provider of its personal trading system. Magellan will implement BasisCode's Essential, Personal Trading Manager and Insider Trading Manager products. The ASX-listed fund ...

MLC Wealth appoints chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
A former chief executive of BT Financial Group has been named independent non-executive chair of MLC Wealth. Robert Coombe has been named to take on the role, effective 1 July 2020. NAB chair Philip Chronican said the appointment to the board of National ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
With the chances of a second wave of infections breaking out both internationally and domestically, consideration is being put on whether what we have seen is just the beginning. Simon Doyle, head of fided income and multi asset at Schroders, said from ...