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Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... considering allowing provincial governments to issue more bonds to boost infrastructure investment. Xi's dictatorial power to effect a reversal in economic momentum shouldn't be under-estimated (or heads will roll... literally). Trump must be ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... commissions for financial advisers and acting on ASIC's enforcement review by expanding the corporate regulator's power to ban people in the financial services sector. Hayne's ongoing fee arrangement recommendations - including that clients ...

AFA names education award finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... 2019 finalists for its AFA Excellence in Education Award. In its 12th year now, the award recognises "the transformative power of education in advice" and rewards advisers who are "striving for excellence by improving their professional skills and knowledge". ...

Clime Capital settles class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... continuous disclosure obligations by not being transparent about the delays and rising project costs related to its Ichthys power project. Further, it claimed UGL engaged in misleading and/or deceptive conduct, and breached its obligations of the Corporations ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
In his first public speech since the Royal Commission's final report in February, Kenneth Hayne mulled why Australians are calling for more royal commissions and what it says about our democracy. "The increasingly frequent calls for Royal Commissions ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Dutch Shell and BP. IEEFA highlighted BlackRock's position in General Electric, which in 2015 doubled down on thermal power by acquiring Alstom and Baker Hughes, has seen its market cap decline by US$150 billion. That investment led to a US$19 billion ...

IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
Specialist unlisted infrastructure fund manager Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund (IPIF) has appointed a new chief investment officer and announced a capital raising. IPIF appointed Jonathan van Rooyen to the role of chief investment officer. ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War China's just implemented one of its greatest son's prescriptions and, for sure and for certain, it's gonna irritate Trump. Financial markets were shell-shocked ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... while excluding issuers across eight core filters: tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. An additional full fossil fuel screen excludes companies with industry ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The philanthropic foundation of the Financial Planning Association of Australia appointed an additional three directors to its board. Future2 is welcoming the appointments of former FPA chair Julie Berry, acting Commonwealth Bank executive general manager ...