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Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Just as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews toasted each and every Victorian with caramel-iced doughnuts and a top-shelf bottle of Starward whiskey to celebrate the end of Melbourne's lockdown, European governments -- one after the other -- have been ...

Frontier Advisors eyes international clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The asset consultant is looking for overseas clients, and hopes Aussie platforms will make it easier to work with local emerging institutional clients. Frontier Advisors is the second-largest asset consultant in the not-for-profit superannuation funds. ...

Bell Direct hires for new service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Bell Direct has appointed two former CommSec executives to its new service catering to its increasing number of high value clients. Ryan Phillips has joined Bell Direct Advantage from his role as executive manager broking and Markets at CommSec. As ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
The latest results from the monthly Markit Economics PMI (purchasing managers' index) draws a picture of the three shapes of the economic recovery or otherwise. The letter V. Masked or unmasked, the IHS/Markit flash US composite PMI continues to ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
ASIC chair James Shipton has stepped aside pending the outcome of a review into his remuneration arrangements. Tabling the 2019/20 ASIC annual report today and addressing the Senate Estimates committee, Shipton flagged certain relocation expenses incurred ...

IOOF fund operations lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
IOOF's head of fund operations has farewelled the group after more than two decades. A spokesperson for IOOF has confirmed the departure of Steven Sorraghan, head of fund operations. His leaving marks the end of a lengthy career with the group, as Sorraghan ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
It may have gone up and down and round and round but the US equity market has trended higher and higher and is outperforming its peers. Despite topping the list of total cases of coronavirus infections (8.6 million), new cases (0.6 million) and deaths ...

Statewide appoints new chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Statewide Super has hired a new chief technology officer who previously headed up technology and security at Sunsuper. David Cook will step into the role at the $10 billion industry fund. He spent a total of seven years at Sunsuper, six of those as ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... CommInsure, MLC and Zurich were all above that average (CommInsure had the highest claims acceptance rate at 89%). Asteron, OnePath, TAL and Westpac were below the industry average. OnePath had the slowest average claim time among the insurers, with ...