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Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

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. ...

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. ...

Analyst guilty of insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
A former analyst at Maple Brown Abbott has pleaded guilty to five counts of insider trading. Michael Ho entered the guilty plea in Downing Center Local Court in relation to the purchase and sale of Big Un shares and options between 18 July 2016 and ...

Westpac forks out $80m for AUSTRAC scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
Westpac said it expects $80 million in additional expenses in FY20 as parts of its response plan in relation to the AUSTRAC scandal. The bank provided a company update to the ASX, in which it outlined its progress on its response plan for the AUSTRAC ...

What SMSFs will look like in 2030

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... retirement front and centre. Rice Warner executive director Michael Rice, Challenger chair of retirement income Jeremy Cooper, Investment Trends chief executive Michael Blomfield and SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney took to the stage at ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
AIA Australia, which now owns CommInsure Life, has announced that CommInsure Protection products will cease accepting new business from 31 March 2020. AIA said the move to streamline its retail advised life risk business is the next step in its integration ...

Regulators praise super law reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have jointly welcomed the proposed legislative reforms increasing the role of ASIC in the superannuation industry. The proposed changes ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A JPMorgan executive has told the court that there was an agreement between JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup to withhold ANZ shares from the market. Speaking to the court for the ongoing case surrounding the $2.5 billion ANZ share sale, ex-JPMorgan ...

Phillip Kingston resigns from GrowthOps board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... year. "I continue to believe in the company's founding thesis, and am now firmly of the view, that the company led by Clint Cooper, with guidance from Scott and the rest of the board, is in extremely capable hands to deliver on the promise of GrowthOps," ...