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Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... (August 2010) -- on the back of increased new orders and the improvement in business confidence to its highest level since April 2012. A returned Trump would embolden Donald to double down on his trade war with China that, in turn, would be met by counter-measures ...

Challenger shareholders revolt against remuneration

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... re-election. Interestingly, the shareholder disapproval comes after Challenger put a company-wide salary freeze in place in April 2020. For its top executives, it kept the fixed remuneration stable for 2020 with plans to extend into 2021, reduced the ...

Westpac extends chief executive's contract

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... following the resignation of Brian Hartzer over the AUSTRAC investigation. King took on the role as permanent chief executive in April this year. King has worked at the bank for the last 25 years in a number of senior management roles including chief ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... and New Zealand chair John Knox is an alumnus of Credit Suisse. Knox was Credit Suisse Australia chief executive between April 2015 and September 2019, and prior to that held a number of senior roles here and the US. He spent over 24 years at Credit ...

First strike at Pengana LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... outstripped the MSCI World Total Return Index by 6.5%. It is also moving from an annual dividend to quarterly dividends (January, April and July), after switching to fully-franked dividends in May. The remuneration included $65,700 for the chair Francis ...

SMSF fraudster charged

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... the District Court of six counts of fraud in obtaining funds from SMSF investors. Craig Kirrin Gore was first arrested in April 2017 and charged with fraud after he obtained $800,000 from SMSF trustees between 2013 and 2014. Through his role at Arion ...

ASX delays CHESS replacement again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian Stock Exchange has pushed back the CHESS replacement date by another year to April 2023. The ASX announced it has increased the scope of the project as a result of COVID-19 following industry consultation. Many stakeholders the ASX consulted ...

Ask and you shall receive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... Over the week to October 18, super funds made payments to 25,000 members, bringing the total number to 4.5 million since April. The total value of payments during the week was $183 million, with $34.4 billion paid since inception. The average payment ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... activity and the highest level since February 2019 - a sharp improvement from the 27.0 reading recorded only six months ago (April). The manufacturing sector activity inched up to 53.3 in October (from 53.2 in September) but it was the highest reading ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... of the instruments in 2017, 2019 and 2020, ASIC found that the majority of retail clients lost money. Between March and April 2020 for example, users lost over $774 million based on a sample of 13 CFD issuers. Over 1.1 million CFD positions were terminated ...