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Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices cannot be predicted. Investment advisory services, earnings predictions, and complicated chart patterns ...

Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Matt Comyn faced counsel assisting Rowena Orr over the bank's penchant for rewarding its staff with bonuses based on short term performance, referred to in Monday's hearing as "short term variable remuneration." Yesterday, Westpac chief Brian ...

FICAP launches 2019 program, names new charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is gearing up for its "Who Wants to be a Rockstar?" fundraiser, with the new charity announced this month. Last Thursday, the FICAP committee and the charity beneficiaries from this year's fundraising ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In a way, you know, I know, the world knows already about the case of the slowdown in global growth. The Organisations for Economic Development and Cooperation's (OECD) recently-released the OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook report ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... FY16, the Royal Commission heard. The bank's top executives were paid a fixed pay and variable pay split into long-term and short-term components. In deciding the variable pay, the board's remuneration committee received inputs from the chief risk office ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The global equities boutique has added a former Platinum Asset Management analyst to its team, and is hiring for other roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... improvements to what they had previously proposed." "FASEA has now defined a relevant degree as one with eight subjects from a short list of related fields," AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said. These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... questioning at the Royal Commission. Yesterday, the CBA chief found himself defending CBA's practice of offering staff "short term variable remuneration" - otherwise known as a bonus - despite understanding the compliance risks it posed the firm. ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... similar to the strategy the portfolio managers (Paul Marriage and John Warren) ran at Schroders. The pair also manage two long-short funds. Pembroke launched in April amidst a challenging time for emerging markets. However, Thomas explains Pembroke's ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... spreads in what is already a pretty low-return environment," he says. Government bonds are a good example of duration, while short-dated corporate bonds have credit exposure. Due to budget deficits in recent years, Harper says the Federal Government ...