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Iress swoops on UK pension researcher

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... the last 28 years." The purchase of O&M follows Iress' acquisition of blockchain communication platform BC Gateways' in January. At the time, Walsh said BC Gateways met the financial services' demand for cost-effective, automated and compliant technology. ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Sorry, but that's all the data I have available on Factset. But according to JP Morgan, the index dropped form 52.2 in January to 46.1 in February: "Its lowest level since May 2009. The more than six-point drop in the headline index was the second ...

Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... applicable laws." It comes following a similar settlement with similar 'buy now pay later' service provider Sezzle on January 16, which agreed to pay more than US$300,000 in penalties and refunds. "In both cases, the DBO concluded purported credit sales ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... provide an indication of where other economies are headed. Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period following a 6.9% expansion in December. Fixed asset investment plunged by 24.5% over the same period (following ...

Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... Michael Short (former chief financial officer), and Richard Barry (former chief marketing officer) continued throughout January, February, and early March 2018, to misrepresent the status of Toys 'R' Us financial condition and to urge vendors ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... financials. However, gold, given its safe harbour status and recent inflows (ETFS Physical Gold had $1.2 billion in assets as at January end, while Perth Mint Gold had $322 million) would be a good addition to the lineup, one would think. But this is ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... on top of the bushfire relief spending of at least A$2 billion - and interest free business loans - announced in late January. Bye bye surplus. The government's Mid-year Economic and Financial Outlook (MYEFO) handed down in December 2019, estimated ...

MLC changes super fees, adds menu

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... April 1, MasterKey Fundamentals will lower its fees for 58,000 clients and members. This is the new product which MLC last January said, will receive the members in legacy MasterKey super and pension products. All MLC Index Plus options will do down ...

BT's transition not so super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... support services clogged The changes coincided with BT pulling down its online service for a period during the transition in January, meaning members looking to make changes (like opting out of death cover scaling) or to transact were left to BT's ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... exports. That was bad then...and that was before coronaphobia. Recent reports that Japanese real wages rose by 0.7% in January - the first increase in four months - or 2.8% year-on-year would have provided a positive impetus for consumer spending and ...