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Equity Trustees names philanthropy lead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
A former National Australia Bank executive has joined Equity Trustees as its new general manager of charitable trusts and philanthropy. Jodi Kennedy joins the firm's trustee and wealth services division from NAB where she was head of community engagement ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
BlackRock is expanding its digital and distribution strategies with two executive appointments. Katie Petering is the new head of asset manager sales for BlackRock's exchange-traded funds business iShares. She will report to head of iShares Australia ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...

APRA and ASIC launch insurance claims pilot

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
APRA and ASIC jointly launched the pilot phase of an initiative to raise standards of public claims reporting in the life insurance industry. The goal of the initiative, initially mooted in ASIC's REP 498 report in October 2016, is for the two regulators ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Australian economic and survey data released over the past 24 hours provide further credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) optimism over the economic outlook and at the same time afford federal treasurer ScoMo the right to give Moody's recent ...

Macquarie boosts AUM, earnings flat

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Assets under management on Macquarie Group's investment platform jumped 24% to $72.2 billion in the 12 months to March, recently released financial results show. While Macquarie's wealth management segment reported a flat income of $313 million for ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Ho-hum. The Fed met and adjourned their 2-3 May FOMC meeting and it was a non-event, announcing no change in policy as Janet Yellen and her merry men see no change in their forecasts. "The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey showed that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase ...