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Longstanding chair to farewell fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
The founding chair of an ASX-listed fintech is stepping down after a decade in the role. OneVue chair Gail Pemberton will step down from the role following the company's annual general meeting next week, to be replaced by former Diversa chair Ron Dewhurst. ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Thank goodness Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the ...

Former adviser cops 10-year imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
The former principal of Sherwin Financial Planners was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud. Bradley Thomas Sherwin was found guilty of 25 charges following an ASIC investigation arising from of the collapse of his financial planning business ...

Queensland adviser enters ASIC enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Toowoomba financial adviser after he failed to act in the best interests of clients. Former Hart Ensole representative Dean Hartmann was found by the regulator to have failed to meet his obligations as ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... Instead, while it remained at expansion levels, the AiG performance of manufacturing index declined to 51.1 points in October - the lowest level this year - from 54.2 in the previous month as the "production sub-index plunged 8.4 points to 48.4 points ...

Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... over a certain period of time" (or simply, a broad measure of credit and liquidity) - declined to CNY1.0 trillion in October - the lowest level in a year -- from CNY 1.8 trillion in the previous month. With the reduce liquidity in the economy comes a ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... September) and indicative of stronger household demand, the price rise of consumer goods quickened to 1.1% in the year to October (from 0.7%) while that of services remained strong, dipping only marginally to 3.2% from 3.3%. Data on Chinese producer ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... tonnes in October from September's record high purchase of 103.0 million tonnes. Similarly, China bought less coal in October - 21.3 million tonnes compared with 27.1 million tonnes imported in the previous month. Apart from the US, China also enjoys ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Only one word comes to mind when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mentioned, and that is oil - for it has plenty of it. According to Investopedia, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is often cited as the world's largest oil producer. The country produces 13.24% ...