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ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... and is the reason 46% of Australians open their first bank account with CBA. "We've heard from parents across the country who are fed up with their children being targeted as future customers," Brown added. Responding to Choice's criticism, a spokesperson ...

Northern Trust to clear high-value payments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... previously conducted by Northern Trust's sub-custodian in Australia," the company said in a statement. Northern Trust country executive, Australia Angelo Calvitto said: "This move cements our commitment to the Australian market and builds on recent client ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) latest downgrade to world economic growth underscores the advanced country central banks' seeming impotence at turning around the slowing momentum in global economic growth. In its 'Interim ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... on protracted litigation, and instead will provide billions of dollars and critical resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis." While Purdue was a privately owned company, many investors unwittingly had exposure ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... clearly defined and formal investment process that assesses cash flow, balance sheet, management, social, environmental, country and industry risks for individual companies," Parkin said in a statement. "Our team has applied our investment process across ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... business is gauging if exchange traded products could help grow its nascent asset management business in Australia, says country executive Angelo Calvitto. "It is something that we are looking at as part of our broader ETF strategy, from a global perspective," ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 gave birth to "non-conventional monetary policy" - where many developed country central banks lowered interest rates to zero/negative and/or engaged in quantitative easing. While these prevented the "Great Recession" ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Five months and one day. This is the latest count since Hong Kongers started marching on the streets of China's Special Administrative Region (SAR) - on March 31 - protesting the withdrawal of the extradition bill proposed by China's "hand-picked" ...

New Zealand maintains pension age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... to qualify for the pension. In an interview with Radio New Zealand, the leader of the Labour Party argued that if the country continues to contribute to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund sustainably, there is no need to lift the pension age to 67 years ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... research and an awareness of macroeconomics. Fenton is one of the longest-standing long/short Aussie equities managers in the country, starting as a sell-side analyst at Credit Suisse. This was followed by seven years at AMP Capital ending as a senior ...