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Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... Ventures. That same year it was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Douugh acquired Goodments in January of this year, at which time it had about 13,000 users. Upon the acquisition, Culver became head of Douugh wealth. Launching the ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... March 2020, traffic to Market Forces' super comparison tool increased by 365% compared to the preceding six months. January of this year, with Australia's bushfires at the front of the public's mind, saw four times the average traffic to ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... Output" to grow by 3.7% in 2019 itself slashed from 3.9% in July of the same year; 2019 growth was lowered again in January of this year to 3.5%; in April to 3.3%; in July to 3.2%; and now, to 3.0%. Global growth forecasts for 2020 were trimmed from ...

Total Financial Solutions chief appointed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... subsidiary Total Financial Solutions Australia will take on the role permanently. Andrew Kennedy began acting in the role in January of this year, while maintaining the role of general manager, growth. Kennedy stepped up when Marcelo Fernandez resigned ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... next and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint the next, or vice-versa. The seasonally-adjusted estimates for January of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report once again sparked divergent views on the true state of ...

McMillin exits TWUSuper again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... Wayne Jones acting as chief financial officer. McMillin joined the fund in 1999 and first resigned from the position in January of 2013, succeeded by Debora Jackson. He then returned to the role in September of 2015, taking over from Paul Sayer. This ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... its scheduled 28-29 FOMC meeting. The Fed got it so spectacularly wrong that September meeting day of 2008 that by January of the following year, the fed funds rate target was at 0-0.25%, topped up with QE's 1, 2 & 3 and "Operation Twist". What happens ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... had been correct nearly 75 per cent of the time. Where did the S&P 500 end up in the month of January? Down 3.56%! In January of 2008, the S&P 500 dropped by 3.6% in the first five days of the month, by 6.1% for the full month and ended the year down ...

IFM announces new private equity program

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... focus on investor returns and direct investments." Phillip Bower, who has been head of Private Assets at IFM since January of this year, will adopt the title, 'head of Private Capital'. Prior to working at IFM, he was chief executive of Blue Star Group. ...

New board member to tackle Asia growth: La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... will play an integral part to the organisation's shape and future," O'Neill said. This follows the announcement in January of two other new board members. Chan has 30 years worth of experience in cross-border investment transactions. He is a research ...