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Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... consumer sentiment surged by 11.9% to a reading of 105 index points - more optimists than pessimists - in the month of October that followed September's 18% jump. No need to re-invent the wheel. According to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans: "This ...

Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Super has made changes to its range of investment options to offer members a wider range of low cost options. Effective October 8, the super fund now offers three passive options: Indexed Balanced, Australian Shares (Indexed) and International Shares ...

Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced that it will launch the 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol on October 23. This new protocol will implement fall-back provisions for derivative contracts referencing key interbank offered rates ...

MLC Wealth general manager jumps to Ashurst

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... Australia Bank and MLC in various leadership roles and was general manager, regulatory change and remediation up until October 2020. Now he will step into the role of head of managed services, risk advisory at Ashurst. "We are thrilled to appoint Chris ...

Mayfair 101 promises investors pie in the sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... this month promising investors the return of their capital. The company said it will present its proposal to the court on October 22, with the objective of giving noteholders a "clear pathway" to their initial investment being returned. Mayfair 101 founder ...

Rest appoints three investment specialists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... committee was also effective 1 September 2020. Anderson was appointed to Rest's board investment committee effective 9 October 2020 and brings more than 35 years' direct experience in financial markets. Anderson was most recently managing director and ...

OneVue encourages Iress takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... fair and reasonable and the scheme represents a significant premium on OneVue's historical trading prices. However, on October 1 Waislitz said: "Contrary to its public statements, Iress's final offer of 43 cents per share is NOT at the top of all ...

Financial advice more important than ever: HUB24

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... the transition of the ClearView LifeSolutions insurance product to the HUB24 super fund to be completed by the end of October.

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... AustralianSuper also hold large shareholdings. Link's shares jumped as high as 28% when the announcement broke on October 12, closing at $4.99 at the end of the day. Link is the parent of several subsidiaries like Link Fund Solutions and Link Market ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... underscored by the "Wuhan pool party" back in August. This was followed by the China's "Golden Week" holiday (1-7 October) that, according to the government, saw 637 million people travel within the country. "The government estimates domestic travellers ...