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Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Financial markets have been on edge ever since they got the first whiff of "taper" in the air. This started when the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's April 27-28 FOMC meeting revealed that: "A number of participants suggested that if the economy ...

Former Regal FM portfolio manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... for ASIC. Market manipulation undermines the integrity of, and diminishes consumer confidence in, Australia's financial markets," ASIC said.

NZ Super Fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... New Zealand's economic landscape, and I am very pleased to be joining its board. I look forward to using my financial markets experience and investment management background, applying my knowledge and experience in asset management, liquidity, sustainability ...

Older investors, women flock to crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... lives when they have accumulated significant wealth and assets and have many years of experience investing in financial markets. They are not worried about allocating a small percentage of their portfolios to cryptocurrencies." Meanwhile, there was 172% ...

Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority will welcome a new chief executive in 2022. Samantha Barrass will assume the role that current chief executive Rob Everett will vacate at the end of October. Barrass is the former chief executive of the Gibraltar ...

Plan to increase competitiveness of managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... penalties on CCIVs, increase flexibility on CCIVs using custodians, improve the ability of CCIVs to list on financial markets, and allow cross-investment between CCIV sub-funds."

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The Australian Financial Markets Association appointed a new chief executive who is a former APRA executive. Brett Harper takes the post on October 11. He was most recently spent three years as a director at Promontory Australia, providing consulting ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... (one of the very first country on Planet Earth to fully vaccinate its citizens) - remained the fear du jour for financial markets everywhere. In a sentence: Increased infections lead to lockdowns lead to reduced social and business activity lead to weaker ...

MSCI acquires Real Capital Analytics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... always been to bridge the information gap between commercial real estate and other asset classes across the financial markets." "The combination of the two firms creates a powerful team that will lead innovation and analytics in the real estate asset ...

New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... the Auckland High Court after the insurer admitted it misled and made false representations to customers. The Financial Markets Authority instigated the proceedings after it alleged that AIA enhanced policy benefits, charged premiums after a policy was ...