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Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... 3000." So goes another grim headline from Associated Press which, I surmise, is to take eyeballs and/or readership from other media organisations by printing the gloomiest and doomiest headline of them all. But it's working. The CBOE VIX index - ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... $1,140,000 (US$750,000) worth of bitcoin tokens from Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G) for his promotions. Seagal made posts to his social media accounts encouraging the public not to "miss out" of B2G's initial coin offering (ICO). The SEC said Seagal put out a press ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... coronavirus. It's a rational reaction to the sensationalist headlines dished out by social, print and broadcast (radio and TV) media. Websites have even popped up tracking live updates of infections from the virus. According to 'worldometers.info' ...

Unsatisfied HESTA members head for exit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... Wednesday with "about 20" people turning up, according to HESTA. HESTA head of impact Mary Delahunty and general manager of media relations Sam Riley met with Lardner and one other person from Healthy Futures, refusing to meet with all 20 protesters. ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... subsidiary, Enigma ENG International and paid promoters "to tout Enigma as a good investment opportunity" on blog posts, social media and discussion boards. The startup told investors it would use the funds to develop a digital trading platform and a ...

Advice complaints low: AFCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... think that's a low number," Donald said. Singh added: "That's important to show because the perception and what's in the media is a different story, you'd think it's a lot higher." Donald commended the financial advice industry, not just for the small ...

De Ferrari unaware of legal action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... has said he is not aware of any impending legal action in relation to the group's financial advice business. Speaking to media after the release of the group's financial results, De Ferrari said that while he notes there has been media speculation he ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
The AMP Financial Planners Association is anticipating a class action to be filed on behalf of its members later this month, as it gears up to merge with the Hillross Advisers Association. Speaking to Financial Standard, AMPFPA chief executive Neil ...

Custodial excellence recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... in the preparation and submission of industry responses to two new separate disclosure requirements, infrastructure and media ownership. "This work has involved ACSA engaging with two new regulatory bodies, the Critical Infrastructure Centre and the ...

Most complained about super funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... This was followed by Mercy Super, State Super Financial Services Australia (known as StatePlus), Mercer Super Trust and Media Super. AMP comes in at sixth, while the rest of the top 10 includes Suncorp Super, Zurich, Qantas Super and TWU Super. Industry ...