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QIC continues US expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... business, and - having benefited from Leonie's expertise at QIC already - I am certain that the experience she brings to bear will ensure we continue to bring excellence to our clients," Frawley said. "We had several very strong internal candidates apply ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... since inception. "He has recruited and developed a high performing team and has brought his experience and leadership to bear across the broader investment team, including having served as acting head of infrastructure and timberlands. His contribution ...

Liquidnet and OTAS ramp up AI play

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Liquidnet's acquisition of equity analytics firm OTAS Technologies is beginning to bear fruit for Australian institutional traders and investment offices, particularly following MiFID II implementation. About 12 months into the partnership, the ...

Ausbil builds out team for new strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... co-portfolio manager and head of transportation. Reyes was a portfolio manager at AMP Capital and also held roles at RARE and Bear Stearns. Paul Johnston has joined Ausbil as head of utilities; he previously held roles at RBC Capital Markets and CBA. ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
It's good and...it's bad. The statistician's estimates of the Australian labour market for April provide something to crow about for the optimists and the pessimists alike. As the bulls would have it (that includes the Coalition government ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
History was made when North Korean supremo Kim Jung-un took one step south of the Korean DMZ (demilitarised zone) to shake hands with his southern counterpart, South Korea president Moon Jae-in. An epic in itself, it invalidates Rudyard Kipling's (re-phrased) ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
"You are all right when you say when you say politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Day 4 and 5)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
As the Royal Commission disbands for the week, Financial Standard summarises all the evidence heard on day four and five of the financial advice industry's turn before Commissioner Kenneth Hayne. Executives from Westpac, CBA and AMP have now made an ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

SMSFs investing restrictions unfair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... tape, according to Financial Standard's latest survey. Last week's poll reveals more than half (51%) of readers believe SMSFs bear the brunt of numerous government restrictions and regulation - more than a third (38%) of these strongly agree this is ...