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Melbourne boutique adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... boutique's compliance and risk framework and has worked at Lion Global Investors Limited, ConocoPhillips Asia Ventures, Bank of China and CIMB Bank Berhad. She will be based in Singapore. JCB's deputy chief investment officer Kate Samranvedhya ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
It could have been because it happened at the same time that the coronavirus was making the headlines, or because financial markets widely expected it, or a bit of both, but the European Central Bank's (ECB) first Governing Council meeting for 2020 ...

Industry names recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
A number of key figures in the financial services industry were among those recognised on Australia Day, being awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia. Rice Warner executive director Michael Rice received the honour for his service to business ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... how much the virus will eat into global growth - the swine flu of 2009 was estimated to lop off 1.0% of global GDP. World Bank data shows global GDP grew by 4.4% between 2009 and 2010 (although this had been muddied by the substantial monetary and fiscal ...

Meet the Sydney boutique beating Magellan's returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
A Sydney boutique started by a former Evans and Partners investor outperformed all its peers last year and it's not afraid of disclosing its stock picks. Aoris Investment Management was set up in 2017 by Stephen Arnold and runs just one fund, which ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year. During a speech at a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney, the SMSFA chief also took aim at FASEA and the ATO. Maroney ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
The $11.7 billion superannuation fund has set up an internal impact committee to explore how it can make a positive impact in its operational spending. NGS Super's impact committee will focus on two key areas: social procurement and sustainability and ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... cough up US$17.5 million for his role in the fake accounts scandal that has continued to rock the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has also charged five former Wells Fargo executives over their ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... competition between private sector and the state. Just two weeks ago, the RBA revealed that it had been considering a central bank digital currency, a digital version of the Australian dollar, with the potential to disrupt traditional financial players. ...