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Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Would Australia be experiencing a second wave - and therefore, a reimposition of lockdown restrictions - had it not rushed to reopen and followed its original prescription for a six-month lockdown? Not only that, in the haste to reopen, the Victorian ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... internal systems and tools." The FBI said it has also launched a federal inquiry into the attack. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted an apology as the attack was ongoing and said his team were working hard to resolve the issue. "Tough day for ...

Implemented Portfolios partners with Wealth Today

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... excited to have partnered with Wealth Today to help enable the advisers under their AFSL with more opportunities to do that." Jack Standing, Wealth Today's national head of the advice team, welcomed the IMA offering, seeing traction from advisers already ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... was played by actor Kevin Spacey in a movie about his life, has been charged over his role in a fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Jack Abramoff, who in 2006 was sentenced to six years in federal prison for mail fraud, bribing public officials and tax evasion ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... fiction is not so much the issue, Zandbergen said. Her colleague Robeco global consumer trends equities portfolio manager Jack Neele agrees. He told Financial Standard that it has become accepted that social media companies will remove or control what ...

Advice chief leaves industry fund giant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... industry superannuation fund has departed, as the fund's leadership shuffles. UniSuper chief of financial advice John (Jack) McCartney left the $86 billion industry fund late last month, after more than six years at the helm of the fund's advice ...

Ellerston, Morphic look to oust Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... the fees. The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund invests in global equities and is managed by former Hunter Hall investors Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater. The fund has been running since July 2012 with Perpetual Trust Services as its responsible entity. ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
The fixed income juggernaut will take over management and oversight of the Allianz Real Estate's $125 billion portfolio, bringing it under its private strategies lineup. PIMCO is owned by Allianz Group and the two have agreed to transition the oversight ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

Queensland adviser barred from industry

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... found he had procured loans for his own use from SMSF clients. ASIC has banned William John Henry Houwing, also known as Jack Houwing, from providing financial services and have cancelled the AFS licence of his Financial Options advisory business. Financial ...