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ASIC cans advice business AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A boutique financial advice business has had its AFSL cancelled for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest after clients were advised to invest their superannuation in the practice. ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Evermore Money Management ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
The bull market in crude oil is no more. Just a month ago and a bit, rumour on the street was that crude oil prices would soar to around US$100 a barrel and beyond. No one could be faulted for believing this. Not after Saudi Arabia and Russia's ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
The last time we talked about oil, prices were surging and reaching for the skies. Crude oil price started to take off roundabout April this year after OPEC announced that its production cuts - starting on the 1 January 2017 and supposed to last for ...

Diversa executive joins managed accounts specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The head of sales and relationship management at Diversa Trustees has moved to a managed accounts provider with the task of expanding its superannuation solution, following an acquisition. Joining Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) as its head of trustee ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Financial markets remain in a state of flux as investors' chills appear to be multiplying on growing concerns over: Wall Street's heightened volatility, Fed rate rises and the risk of a policy mistake, Trump's protectionist policy, China's ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Trump's continued criticisms wouldn't hurt me! US President Donald Trump has blamed the Fed for sparking the recent sell-off on Wall Street as well as threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Saudi Arabia and Russia weren't pleased with US President Trump when they announced no immediate increase in oil production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
A BNY Mellon company has partnered with a global asset manager to integrate ESG data into the investment platforms of its clients. Eagle Investment Systems - a subsidiary of global giant BNY Mellon - partnered with Arabesque to implement its Arabesque ...

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Hostplus is tipped to become the largest investor in venture capital in Australia as assets are forecast to reach $1 billion by the end of September. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told the AIST Super Investment Conference that the $33 ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
If one were to time the genesis of the recent surge in oil prices, it would have to be Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interview with Time magazine around mid-April this year when he hinted at wanting the price of crude to reach around ...