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Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Industry fund appoints inaugural CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A $7.8 billion industry superannuation fund has hired from VicSuper as it creates a chief investment officer role. Energy Super's investments were previously headed by Bill Graus as the general manager, investments. He left the fund in February ...

Calastone blockchain goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The global funds network that has transacted for over 1100 funds in its Australian network has gone live with blockchain-powered infrastructure. Calastone has migrated 1800 customers from 41 markets to the new distributed market infrastructure (DMI). ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The managing director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Australia has departed, with a new general manager role introduced. After a decade with the custodian, David Travers has left RBC Investor & Treasury Services. A spokesperson confirmed the ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
The financial services industry has welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, viewing the result as business as usual. In a shock result to many, the Coalition defeated Bill Shorten's Labor Party in the Federal election over the weekend. In response ...

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed a new chief financial officer. Justine Henwood joins the company from TriCare Aged Care, where she was also chief financial officer. She replaces Elizabeth Walker, who departed Blue Sky for personal reasons ...

Time ticks by on FASEA approvals

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been forced to admit it will miss its own deadline for the approval of several graduate diplomas and bridging courses submitted for accreditation. According to FASEA, 14 graduate diplomas and ...

Three new faces join SuperFriend board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
SuperFriend has announced three new board appointments. Sarah Guthleben from Equipsuper will join the board along with workplace health expert Niki Ellis and mental health campaigner Mitch Wallis. SuperFriend chair David Atkin said: "Sarah, Niki and ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
Australian Ethical has launched a new campaign to try to prompt Australians to consider whether they like the idea of their superannuation savings funding the gambling industry. Australian Ethical research found some of Australia's largest super ...

The state of the banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
The big accounting firms have released their analysis of the big banks' half year results, noting a continued decline in cash profits for the first half of 2019. The major Australian banks reported a combined cash profit after tax from continuing operations ...