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First virtual MAX Awards go live tonight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... Education Campaign of the Year, Marketing Team of the Year, Product Launch of the Year, Social Media Campaign of the Year, Agency of the Year and Executive of the Year - Marketing. Finalists in tonight's awards include QSuper, UBS Asset Management ...

Outsourced trading set to boom

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... whether there was any risk of information leaking within the industry, Woodward said it was not of concern. "We operate on an agency basis; our outsourced execution business does not have any principal market making capabilities," he said. "So when we ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
It's only been just about a month since oil producers were practically paying buyers to come and take their stocks off them. This was on April 20, one day before the WTI oil futures contracts for May delivery dropped to minus US$36.98 per barrel. ...

2020 MAX Awards finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Education Campaign of the Year, Marketing Team of the Year, Product Launch of the Year, Social Media Campaign of the Year, Agency of the Year and Executive of the Year - Marketing. For the full list of finalists and to get voting, click here.

New Future Fund chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Future Fund Board of Guardians Peter Costello announced the appointment of Raphael Arndt as the Future Fund Management Agency's chief executive officer. Arndt has been chief investment officer since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Future Fund's head ...

Calls for super funds, government to collaborate on energy security

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Statistics. It has long been under the requirement to hold 90-days of its net oil import mandated by International Energy Agency rules. Former deputy chair of Australia's Air Force John Blackburn, who now works as a consultant, called for the government ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... large, conglomerate sector with only subtle differentiation, where the structure of that large industry has created a large agency risk with inherent conflicts," he explained. "I think some of the criticism levelled at the industry is harsh and unnecessarily ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... of global supply - in May and June. Not enough to arrest the slide in oil prices. According to the International Energy Agency's April "Oil Market Report, "Global oil demand is expected to fall by a record 9.3 mb/d year-on-year in 2020. The impact of ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... is warning companies keep their control framework in-line when working from home, after control failures led a betting agency to open a market covering the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 index. ASIC has publicly chided Sportsbet, after the giant bookmaker ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the outlook has deteriorated since the government's initial Economic Response announced on 12 March 2020." The ratings agency said the enlarged budget deficit is expected to remain for the next two years, but is expected to ease due to the overall strength ...