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Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The price of Brent oil went up by 3.6% ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... banking, global markets, asset management and consumer & wealth management. The new segment's results will be released on January 15, allowing investors and analysts to better compare the global bank with its competitors like JPMorgan Chase & Co. Goldman ...

Government edges towards regulator cooperation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... consulted on and introduced to Parliament before June 30. Consultation on the recently introduced legislation closes on January 24.

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Change Policy and the maximum level of that risk that the Board is willing to operate within for material risks from 1 January 2017." JANA declined to comment when contacted by Financial Standard. Rest re-iterated its statement on the case, saying: "The ...

Former Challenger executive joins ASX board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... The ASX has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director. Robert Woods joins the board with effect from 1 January 2020 and will stand for election at the ASX's general meeting at the end of September this year. "The Board and I are delighted ...

FASEA loses board director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... coinciding with the commencement of the new Code of Ethics. Catriona Lowe will step down from the FASEA board effective January 31 as she has been appointed to a full-time role as a State/Territory member of the Australian Energy Regulator. Lowe is set ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... start to the New Year for financial markets - the US and China are set to sign the "phase one" trade deal agreement on January 15 and Brexit has become less uncertain - marred by renewed war (the real war) tensions between the US and Iran. A US airstrike ...

Consumer data right for open banking delayed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... and IT infrastructure cannot be rushed." The consumer and competition regulator said new CDR rules would be released in January 2020. CDR allows consumers the right to own their own data, allowing this information to be transferred to third parties of ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. Further, from the same date, payments of any previously grandfathered conflicted remuneration still in contracts will ...

18 misconceptions about FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... misconceptions relating to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics, which comes into effect on January 1. Roger Patterson, whose company Blue Path provides FASEA exam preparation workshops, has released an extensive list of ...