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Paradice Investments sales lead takes new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... recent months. In December, Copia hired Mani Papakonstantinos from SG Hiscock. Matt Roberts also joined from IOOF in February. Another hire is expected soon, the firm said. The 18-year old company has four managers that together manage about $1.6 billion ...

Interest in early access to super rises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... adviser queries regarding early access to superannuation. Analysing the more than 2000 calls received by the team in February, AMP said there was a significant rise in the number of advisers looking to better understand the conditions that must be met ...

Australian Unity names equity origination head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... new head of equity origination is joining Australian Unity's wealth and capital markets business. Brad Watson joined in February as head of equity origination for property. He is responsible for developing and executing product and sales strategies across ...

Chief economist update: European Central Bank policy U-turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... only 1.2% (from 1.8% previously) this year and 1.5% (from 1.6%) in 2020. HICP inflation stood at 1.5% in the year to February; core inflation at 1% - both below the ECB's 2% target. Financial Standard has already warned about this and even as far ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... are expecting a positive outcome from US-China negotiations and as the Chinese equities recovered over the January and February. "The only real surprise from today's news was the increased inclusion of mid-caps from November, which was brought forward ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... meeting this year. It kept the official cash rate at a record low, predicated on the same rationale it put forth at its February 2019 meeting. The RBA's move is understandable given a cut now would leave it open to accusations it's acquiescing ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... from 52.2 in the previous month, dragged down by the manufacturing PMI that remained in contraction territory to 49.9 in February for a third month running. This is a no-brainer for Trump's tariffs - and the global growth slowdown - has hampered ...

Freedom Insurance misses reporting deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... Consequently, the lodgement of Appendix 4D for 31 December 2018 will be delayed, it said. Freedom requested a trading halt on February 5 based on a "pending announcement providing a material update on the financial position of Freedom and its subsidiaries." ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... banks will be required to make information such as credit and debit card, and transaction accounts available. From 1 February 2020, the big banks will need to make mortgage data available. From 1 July 2020, other banks will follow suit. Overall, global ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... have alerted financial markets that the RBI would do as it did - cut the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25% - if not at its February board meeting, then soon. More so, given the sharp slowdown in India's economic growth to 7.1% in the year to the third ...