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Northern Trust wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... operating platform and the firm's demonstrable excellence in client service, made them an obvious choice. Northern Trust country executive for Australia Angelo Calvitto said as part of this extensive mandate, Maple-Brown Abbott will benefit from ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... the industry, it's good for competition." Bell spent 15 years at ANZ working across Australia and worked overseas as country chief executive for Fiji and Japan. Prior to taking on the role as inaugural chief executive at 86 400, he was chief executive ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Australians retirement savings into the gambling industry. Australians lose more money to gambling per capita than any other country, $23 billion in recorded gambling losses every year, $14 billion of that going through the pokies. For example, the largest ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Deemed the sexiest accent in the world by 'Big 7 Travel', it would have been better (dare I say, sexier) that instead of a printed statement, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr verbally delivered the news that: "The Official ...

UBS co-head of equities departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... 2015. He will spend time with his family before embarking on his next adventure, according to a memo sent to staff by UBS country head Matthew Grounds and APAC head of equities Taichi Takahashi. "Chris has played a key role in integrating the business ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... contributions to super. The constant changes have gone too far for one of Griffiths' SMSF clients who now plans to leave the country after losing about $800,000 in 2017 as a result of the $1.6 million transfer balance cap reform. "He's going to make ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... opposition's bets, despite not so subtle pulpit "electioneering" by leaders of the Catholic Church in this predominantly Catholic country (81.4% of the population according to World Atlas). You can cry conspiracy but Standard & Poor's latest ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The stats are out and it reveals that Australian consumer price inflation has softened... big time. There's no other option for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates soon and twice. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) ...

Former super fund investment lead joins consultancy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... rapidly since 2015 when the group worked with its first local client. "Today we have a significant client base across the country including industry super, corporate super, family office, university endowment and insurance asset owners. Through this ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
"I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright." This quote from American screenwriter and novelist Millard Kaufman came to mind when I read about China's recent ...