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Citi to pay $3m in advice remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... protection exists." After ASIC's investigation, Citi stopped using a general advice model to sell its structured products in January 2018. The regulator confirmed Citi's remediation efforts would begin "shortly" and be complete by 10 September. The remediation ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... Outlook, April 2019' report - where it downgraded its 2019 world economic growth forecast to 3.3% (from 3.5% in its January 2019 outlook and 3.7% in October 2018) - the IMF enumerated these downside risks. "Tensions in trade policy could flare up ...

IFM settles UK sexual harassment case

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... IFM and is a trustee at Legal Aid for Business Diversity. Michel-Verdier is still with the business. Abildgaard's January claim said Michel-Verdier made sexual comments to her in a Madrid nightclub last year and invited her to his room, the Australian ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast to 3.3% this year - down from the 3.5% rate predicted in January 2019 and 3.7% forecast in October 2018. The IMF "projects a slowdown in growth in 2019 for 70% of the world economy... It ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... Economic Outlook April report where it slashed its global growth projections to 3.3% this year, down from 3.5% forecast in January and from 3.7% predicted in its October 2018 outlook papers. As a result, the IMF also estimates that crude oil prices would ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... consumer price inflation remained at a 15-month low of 0.2% in February while core inflation eased to 0.7% from 0.8% in January and after peaking at 1% in October last year. The latest forward guidance from the Fed - the minutes of the 19-20 March FOMC ...

ASIC outlines enforcement efforts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... months between 1 July 2018 and 31 December 2018, ASIC resolved 56 financial services related outcomes. However, as of January this year there were 15 criminal and 66 civil financial services related matters with no resolution. ASIC appeared in the High ...

Crestone builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... team. Haslem, who was formerly UBS Australia's chief economist started at Crestone as the chief investment officer in January last year, around the same time that UBS restructured its global wealth arms as part of a $3 trillion restructure. Crestone's ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... inflation rate of 2% as consistent with price stability. As such, the FOMC adopted an explicit inflation target of 2% in January 2012." Which inflation measure? The Fed's target is based on the annual change in the overall, or "headline," PCE price ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... in the superannuation and actuaries industries; this includes serving as QSuper's investment committee chair from January 2009 to June 2013. Since October 2016, Rice has been a trustee director of StatePlus. He is also a former councillor of the ...