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Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... refuses to go down. This is despite consensus expectations willing it to go down. On its website, the Economy Forecast Agency published a table showing the A$ will close at US$0.6840 by the end of this year. HSBC is more bearish, predicting the Australian ...

Fintech expands team for ongoing growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... He is a former chair and treasurer of the Australian Securities Lending Association. At State Street, Martin was head of agency securities lending trading. FinClear also added a new head of sales and business development in Allan McGregor. Previously ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... to the global economy," Davis said. "And it is a concept, respectfully, that I have not found one economist or economic agency talking about." He said the opportunity would "not manifest tomorrow," but said it was there for the taking within the next ...

ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). He stopped just short of recommending a civil enforcement agency for misconduct evidence gathered in ASIC investigations. While such a body could have specialist litigation expertise, and ...

Former TAL chief appointed at Swiss Re

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... currently serves on the boards of Dai-ichi Life Asia Pacific and Equity Trustees, as well as the National Disability Insurance Agency. Additionally, Minto chairs Partners Life, a New Zealand life insurance company. Chair of Swiss Re's boards in Australia ...

Mercer names new people and culture lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... after working as a strategy and engagement executive manager at the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). She helped lead Future IM/Pact, an initiative between Mercer and AustralianSuper, Cbus Super, Future Fund, HESTA ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... of booming job prospects, as the industry switches into hiring mode after a tough year of regulation, a large recruiting agency reports. According to the latest Hays Jobs Report, advice businesses sat on recruiting new talent in the second half of last ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... December last year, where they agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this is because "the United States... is now the world's biggest crude oil producer" - surpassing Saudi Arabia ...

Link hires former State Street MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... transformations. Link Fund Solutions provides outsourced middle and back office administration, fund accounting services and transfer agency services to more than 100 clients with over $50 billion of funds under administration. The division Link Fund ...

Super a money laundering target: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... the superannuation sector, outlining the risks facing the guardians of Australia's nest eggs. The financial intelligence agency is concerned about the potential for super funds to be caught out, as financial criminals begin to target the burgeoning $2.7 ...