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Curtain call for JCP Investment Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Boutique Australian equity fund manager JCP Investment Partners is closing its doors and will progressively wind down its funds. JCP said in a statement to Financial Standard it will return funds to clients and its workforce of 21 employees is "unable ...

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger likely

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... how far the discussions have gone, Sewing said: "We intend to do our homework. In this regard, we have made a lot of progress in the last couple of months." Sewing called for employees to focus on their "daily business" and on clients amidst the reports. ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... soon as parliamentary allows". Royal Mail chief risk and governance officer Jon Millidge said: "This is very welcome progress. Royal Mail and CWU have been campaigning together to bring about this legislation, building a cross-party alliance of supporters ...

New NAB chair seeks to ease shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... also know what needs to be done," he said. "I am confident NAB will earn your trust and I look forward to sharing our progress [in our half-year results]."

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The New Zealand government's retirement savings vehicle has established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
It may have "started with a kiss" for British soul band "Hot Chocolate", but several years from now, when we look back at what I foresee as the re-starting of the engines of global growth, we'll all know that this started with the Powell pause. ...

Financial concerns drive women to online investing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... weekly basis, and more than half don't think or know if they are on track to meet their financial goals. Despite recent progress, Fidelity International managing director Alva Devoy said not enough women are investing in the stock market because of their ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

Freedom Insurance misses reporting deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... discussions with key stakeholders regarding its financial position and unable to currently update the market about the progress. Consequently, the lodgement of Appendix 4D for 31 December 2018 will be delayed, it said. Freedom requested a trading halt ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... economy slowing - use the annualised measure to prove your case else, use the year-on-year rate to show continued advancing progress. As is always the case, the devil (or the angel) is in the details. The BEA's contributions to growth table shows ...