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Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... expert evidence by March 20 and a case management hearing is scheduled for April 17. At a case management hearing, held on November 24, Rest and McVeigh were given a process for handing over discovery documents, expert reports and reply. David Barnden ...

Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... contracting. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased to a reading of 50.2 in November - 50 separates contraction from expansion - from 49.3 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for ...

How it can all go wrong

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... as part of ASIC's surveillance in cooperation with the ATO. A second notice asking for specific documents came in November 2017 and a hearing the following June saw him banned for four years. One of the problems with his advice was, even though some ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... it would "restart net purchases under its asset purchase programme (APP) at a monthly pace of €20 billion as from 1 November". The yen's depreciation comes at a time when the Jibun Bank flash PMI Japan indices for Japan had improved. The Jibun ...

ASIC probes Regal Funds Management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... it was informed of the investigation earlier in the day. "The trading halt is being requested on the basis that on 26 November 2019, EQT was informed by the fund's investment manager, Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd, that it is under investigation by ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... the AUD$ lower to support stronger growth and higher inflation. This is consistent with the RBA's forecasts in its November 'Statement on Monetary Policy" (SoMP) - GDP growth of 2.75% in 2020 and inflation of 1.75% (and of course, that footnote ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... firm and the latest developments in the SMSF sector. The 2019 FPA Congress kicks off tomorrow and runs through Friday, November 29 at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2019 FPA Congress.

ASIC outlines Code of Ethics expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... and is specifically prevented from exercising its power to ban an adviser for breaches of the code. "As announced on 14 November 2019, ASIC has taken action to provide certainty to Australian financial services (AFS) licensees that they will not be in ...

ASIC launches investigation into Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... laundering. An ASIC spokesperson told Financial Standard : "ASIC can confirm that it commenced an investigation on Thursday, 21 November 2019 concerning possible breaches of legislation it administers arising from AUSTRAC's actions in relation to ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... people. Relying on just one type of policy has limitations, so each of these is worth thinking about." Fast forward to November, the OECD's report advises, "Fiscal policy, which on current plans is expected to exert a broadly neutral influence, may ...