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Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Crude oil remains hot with prices soaring to 14-month highs. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by 30.5% to US$66.85 per barrel and that of the WTI soared by 31.2% -- more than making up for the full-year 2020's loss of 24.4% and ...

Dover, McMaster hit with $1.4m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
In a win for ASIC this morning, Dover Financial Advisers and its founder Terry McMaster have been ordered to pay over $1.4 million in penalties by the Federal Court of Australia. Justice O'Bryan imposed a $1.2 million penalty on the defunct financial ...

Lonsec chief to exit, chair welcomed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
The chief executive of Lonsec will step down after three years, while a new chair, a former BT executive, has been named. Charlie Haynes joined the research house in April 2018, helping reshape and expand subsidiaries Lonsec Research, SuperRatings and ...

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Another budget, another increase in government spending. In his Budget speech on March 3, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak prefaced his delivery of more manna from the government by stressing the damage the coronavirus has done to the UK economy. ...

Montgomery launches two global strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Montgomery Investment Management is joining forces with a boutique fund manager to offer two global growth strategies to Australian investors. Montgomery will launch two of Polen Capital's growth strategies for local clients. Polen Capital Global ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Ahead of International Women's Day on Monday, Aberdeen Standard Investments is calling for reform to parental leave policies to increase women's participation in the work force, saying increased paternity leave means more women in work. A research paper ...

Colonial First State names head of insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
The former head of group insurance at Munich Re will now lead Colonial First State's insurance business. Effective this month, Adrian Fortescue has joined Colonial First State in the role. Fortescue joins from Munich Re Australia where he was head of ...

AMP launches new intra-fund advice offer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
AMP has launched a new intra-fund financial advice offering focused on retirement. The retirement health check will be available to members of AMP's Super Directions Fund at no additional cost. It is a phone-based service that aims to provide members ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
"Getting strong now, won't be long now, getting strong now Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly..." -Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now As sure as this theme from the 1977 classic Rocky is remembered by film buffs and boxing aficionados everywhere ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
The superannuation sector's assets reached a milestone of $3.04 trillion at the end of 2020. While the investments of superannuation funds copped a beating when the pandemic hit around this time last year, APRA's December 2020 statistics shows ...