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Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
I wasn't aware of this, but it appears that Donald J. Trump had been letting his fingers do the talking even before he became POTUS. The "Daily Mail" re-printed the tweet he made back on 30 December 2013: ""No one remembers who came in second" - ...

Former adviser cops 10-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
A former financial adviser has been jailed for 10 years for using more than $6 million in client funds for his own purposes. Gabriel Nakhl was found guilty of engaging in dishonest conduct and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the District ...

Zero tolerance approach to poor culture needed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The newly appointed lead of APRA's capability review is taking a no-nonsense approach to fixing poor behaviour and getting culture right. Monash Business School professor Graeme Samuel, who appeared at the 2019 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The Sino-Yankee trade war, the slowdown in the global economy and more recently, the Brexit fiasco have all had a negative bearing on the Australian economic outlook. This is no better depicted than by the recent National Accounts update showing the ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The share of financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
"They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Fixed income specialist Jamieson Coote Bonds is officially introducing its global fund to Australian investors following its initial seeding in early 2018. The CC JCB Global Bond Fund has an investible universe which includes global sovereigns, semi-government ...

Boutique fund manager drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
A boutique funds management group is reducing the management fees on one of its signature funds. Premium China Funds Management is dropping the management fee on its Premium Asia Fund by 45 basis points. This will sit alongside the removal of the performance ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Iron ore prices are going to go up. Iron ore prices are headed lower. Iron ore prices will go up and then head down. These are the different forecast permutations on the outlook for iron ore. Here's a quick sampling of the Australian Financial Review's ...

Australian Unity names equity origination head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A new head of equity origination is joining Australian Unity's wealth and capital markets business. Brad Watson joined in February as head of equity origination for property. He is responsible for developing and executing product and sales strategies ...