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Millennials fastest growing SMSF cohort

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) represent the fastest growing segment of new SMSF accounts. This is according to new data from AUSIEX, which found during the first quarter of this financial year there was a 9.3% increase in new SMSF accounts opened ...

New mining head at Goldman Sachs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Goldman Sachs has a new head of metals and mining for Australia and New Zealand. Gavi Friedland steps into the role, an internal promotion from the firm's Melbourne office. He has been with Goldman Sachs since 2009, when he joined its Johannesburg office ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A new report from the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

Citi names head of research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
Citi has appointed a new head of research for Australia and New Zealand. Paul McTaggart takes the post effective immediately, responsible for leading the region's research advisory function and working closely with clients and investors. He will ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
While China continues to ramp up its attempts to bring Australia to heel through rhetoric, threats and measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products - from barley to lobsters to wine - into its shores, China remains our top export market. ...

Mandates will flow to transparency: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
A survey of institutional investors has found that most expect to place greater emphasis on the importance of transparency when allocating money to fund managers. Global Palladium Fund surveyed 100 institutional investors and wealth managers in the ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
It's bad news day on Wall Street overnight with all four its benchmark equity market indices flashing red. The S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq dropped by 0.9% each, while the Russell 2000 had a smaller decline of 0.3%. The financial literati were ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Copper prices continue to rally and indications are it won't be long now until it recaptures the US$10,000 a tonne record it reached 10 years earlier. At the current price of US$9,415.00, copper's only 5.9% away and won't be long till it ...

Citi research head jumps to MST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Citi's head of Australian equities research has moved to boutique research house MST Financial. Craig Woolford made the move to MST after 16 years at Citi, most recently head of research for Australia. At MST he will be partner and senior research analyst. ...