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ASIC bans ex-NAB planner from the industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former NAB adviser. Hardik Bhimani was a senior financial planning manager, then a senior financial planner, with NAB Financial Planning from April 2011 to November 2014. It was during this period that ASIC has now accused ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... the index rose to 116.4 this month from 114.9 in March, the component measuring expectations dropped from 83.6 to 79.3 in April - the lowest level since November 2013. The Conference Board's measure is in line with the decline in confidence reported ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... continued negative inflation this year prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) decision to ease policy on 14 April -- setting the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar NEER policy band at zero percent (the first time since October ...

New JBWere chairman named

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Andrew Hagger, group executive National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth has been appointed chairman of JBWere, effective from 21 April 2016. Hagger will replace former NAB group executive, finance and strategy, Craig Drummond, who held the role for over ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
RBA meeting minutes The A$ broke above US$0.78, trading as high as US$0.7826 overnight and is currently fetching US$0.7805 - a 13.7% appreciation from this year's US$0.6864. The minutes of the RBA's 5 April Board meeting - the local unit was trading ...

Another US pension giant exits hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The trustees of giant US pension plan New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) have voted to liquidate the fund's hedge fund holdings. Hedge funds represent about 2.8% of NYCER's total US$51.2 billion ($65.9 billion). Hedge funds have faced ...

New non-exec director for Premier

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Premier Investments Limited (Premier) has appointed Terry McCartney as an independent non-executive director, effective from 15 April 2016. McCartney is a former managing director of Myer Grace Brothers and Kmart. He has also held a number of key adviser ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Is it still April Fool's or what? We all know it's just for a day - the 1st of April - but exactly two weeks after, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything's looking wonderful for me and you. Yes Virginia, financial markets - or more accurately ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Australia employment Lead indications from the AiG performance of manufacturing index and the NAB business survey pointed to a sharp improvement in Australian employment growth in March. The employment component of the AiG performance of manufacturing ...