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TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... Euros last week, releasing a 30-year EUR60 million fixed rate note. The Euro bond was priced at 0.609% and is due 24 February 2050. Trigona said the new Euro bond would diversify TCorp's investor base. "Previously we've issued in Sterling, Swiss ...

Analyst guilty of insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Downing Center Local Court in relation to the purchase and sale of Big Un shares and options between 18 July 2016 and 10 February 2018. ASIC said Ho, and his associates, invested around $1.6 million in Big Un securities over the period. "Ho has admitted ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... But it's spreading across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reports that: "As of 25 February, 276 cases and seven deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: 229 cases in Italy (three imported, 226 locally acquired) ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... others, even hitting record highs. Even heavily-hit China's stockmarket had started to bounce back. Not anymore. On February 24, COVID-19 gnawed through investors' hazmat suit, sending equity markets from London to Rio and ol' London town ...

SMSF property adviser pleads guilty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... the guilty plea during the third week of his criminal trial in the District Court of South Australia. ASIC announced in February 2014 it had made an application to the Federal Court in Adelaide, which froze all assets owned or otherwise held by Nowak ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... markets back. According to Al Jazeera, a total of 76,288 cases and 2345 deaths have been reported in mainland China as at February 21 - there'll be several additions now as I type. These additions will continue to multiply for as long as a cure isn't ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... company listed here and grow here. It's something to be excited about," he said. The index (XTX) goes live on Monday, February 24. Xero, Computershare and afterpay are the top three shares on launch.

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... of Dick's alleged dishonest use of client's funds. The matter was brought before the Townsville Magistrates Court on February 10, where Dick was granted bail but order to surrender his passport. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Dick ...

Xplore Wealth outlines 2020 plans

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... products in 2020, including a wholesale MDA product which will allow access to unregistered schemes due to launch in February. In the third quarter, Xplore will launch a Third Party MDA administration solution, which will offer advisers an MDA provider ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... concerned with regards to their unemployment prospect. The "unemployment expectations index" rose to a reading of 134.7 in February, up by 0.6% over the month and 12.3% over the year. I hope that I'm wrong, but at this point, I don't see what ...