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Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... you wish for... No Virginia, except for Putin, the majority of world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January, the British Parliament ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... financial markets trading on the side of caution - the VIX "fear" index has risen another 2% at the close of trade last Friday to a reading of 22.5, the highest since June this year -- but the major central banks that held policy deliberations last week ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... including claims of insider trading and misrepresentation of performance - information obtained via a whistle-blower. On Friday the Victorian Supreme Court restrained Maurice Blackburn from continuing its proposed class action against IOOF on behalf ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... superannuation reforms will be introduced to parliament by the end of 2016. Morrison released the third tranche of reforms on Friday and said the legislative amendments better target superannuation tax concessions. The latest tranche includes proposals ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... private payrolls would have economists trimming their forecasts for the official US employment report for September due out Friday night (consensus expectations are for a 170K increase). The ADP private payrolls survey showed employment rose by 154K ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... from two of the company's pre-IPO investors. Both Paul McCullagh and Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) and Intermediate Capital Group. PEP shareholders ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... Year, David Reed. The AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference will be held in Canberra from Wednesday 5 October through to Friday 7 October.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... latest figures, nonetheless, provide an encouraging indication for the official employment tally (scheduled for release on Friday) which is expected to increase by 179,000 in August following the addition of 217,000 in July. US pending home sales Pending ...

EGM forms require validation: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... Financial Group and member of the Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG), Mark Dunsford submitted 225 forms to the AFA on Friday, representing at least 5% of the voting membership of the AFA. Preliminary checking of the forms by the AFA found that a substantial ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps, even after she's said her piece... depending on what her piece says. Forget last week's Fedspeakers - "one increase ...