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Sargon lender sends in voluntary administrators

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Taiping Trustees on Friday appointed voluntary administrators for Sargon Capital and two Trimantium companies, in what could eventually decide Sargon's fate. Wexted Advisors' Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes were on March 6 appointed as the voluntary ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Is this the stock market crash we have to have? The great reboot from the overvaluation in stock market prices prompted by cheap interest rates that punished savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Coronaphobia - the "irrational fear" of getting infected with the coronavirus. Numerous medical experts have offered calming and logical prognoses for the epidemic but these two words - irrational and fear - would be, in a manner of speaking, the death ...

Westpac director heads for the exit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
A member of Westpac's board is preparing to leave the turmoil stricken big bank after less than two years as a director. The bank has confirmed the departure of director Anita Fung from its board. Fung was appointed to the board in the midst of the ...

HUB24 appoints interim chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Wealth management platform HUB24 has appointed a new interim chief financial officer and joint company secretary following the incumbent's resignation in December last year. Debbie Last has nabbed the role, effective today, and brings with her 25 years ...

FICAP 2020 weeks away

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
The countdown to the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 2020 fundraiser and singing competition 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' is on. Slated for March 26, the 14th annual event sees financial services professionals vie for the title ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Well, what do you know? Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe had been right all along in his claim that, "the Australian economy appears to have reached a gentle turning point". The latest Australian National Accounts proved the truth in Lowe's statement. ...

First State Super and WA Super in merger talks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
First State Super and WA Super have said they are exploring the benefits to members of a merger, in a move that would create a $109 billion fund. The funds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and will enter due diligence, with the process expected ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Industry fund winds up infrastructure option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
A $6.5 billion industry superannuation fund is closing its unlisted infrastructure investment option due to lack of scale. Following a review of its offering, Media Super recently notified members it is closing its unlisted infrastructure option on ...