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Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
"Voices singing, let's be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Rockin' around the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily..." - Brenda Lee It's not even December yet but Wall Street's already "Rockin' ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
CountPlus has added new financial advice firm to the fold that was part of MLC's Godfrey Pembroke for 19 years. Ascent Private Wealth joined CountPlus as a member firm, leaving the MLC dealer group shortly after it was acquired by IOOF. Melbourne-based ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
Northern Trust Asset Management peeked into the equities portfolios of 200 institutional managers and found nearly 66% of the risk they took didn't yield rewards. The quant manager studied 200 portfolios (1000 strategies totaling $200 billion plus in ...

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
AMP and former employee Larissa Baker Cook have settled for an undisclosed amount, a month before the matter was scheduled for trial. Cook last October filed a claim in the Federal Court alleging AMP dismissed her unfairly after she raised concerns ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
ASIC has pointed to two recent court judgements, including one in its battle with RI Advice, as cementing the regulator's ability to obtain documents. In a media release, ASIC grouped together its successful challenging to RI Advice's claims ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Be afraid... The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business confidence index dropped to a reading of -14 in July from zero in the previous month. "Confidence fell in all industries led by mining which saw a sharp decline. With the exception of retail ...

First Sentier bolsters board of directors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
First Sentier Investors has appointed a non-executive director to its board, following the selection of two other independent directors. Susie Rippingall has nabbed the role, and will join recently appointed non-executive directors Michelle Tredenick ...

Another sentenced in ATO fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A man has been sentenced to over seven years in jail for his role as principal conspirator in a syndicate alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years. Simon Anquetil pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to ...

Westpac discovers additional transaction irregularities

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac's money laundering woes continue to worsen, with the bank today announcing it has uncovered hundreds of thousands of additional transactions of $10,000 or more that are "incomplete or inaccurate" to AUSTRAC. After further investigation, the ...