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Evalesco acquires boutique firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Evalesco Financial Services recently finalised the acquisition of former Association of Financial Advisers national president Marc Bineham's advice firm. Evalesco, led by Marshall Brentnall, Jeff Thurecht and Jules Knox, has taken on Noall & Co's ...

Channel Capital adds Cayman director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The Sydney multi-boutique has appointed a director to its Cayman Islands business. Channel Capital Cayman appointed Craig Brenton as a director, focused on governance. Brenton was most recently the head of fund services at Catalyst Fund Administration ...

Citi names head of research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... Pan-Asian metals and mining research, and head of Australian metals and mining research. Citi head of Pan-Asian research Brent Robinson said McTaggart's industry experience and leadership has been a key driver in the growth of Citi Australia and ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... March and a sharp upgrade from the 4.2% (for 2021) and 3.7% (for 2022) predicted in its December 2020 report. The price of Brent oil rallied to US$71.20/barrel and WTI oil soared to US$68.83 a barrel. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged ...

MLC enhances managed accounts leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... of product at Perpetual for over four years and head of business design and development - retail & corporate super at BT. Brent Bevan has also joined, taking on the role of head of investment consulting, managed accounts. He joins from Mercer where he ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Crude oil prices jumped to one-year highs - WTI oil to US$58.46 per barrel; Brent oil to US$55.73 - this early in the New Year. Well, they have to bounce some time especially given the battering it received in 2020 as the covid-19 pandemic grounded ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports of encouraging COVID-19 vaccine test results developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... oil prices higher. WTI oil prices soared to US$42.96 per barrel in August from the record low negative US$36.98 in April. Brent oil rocketed to US$46.01 from April's US$9.12 a barrel. Good as they may be, crude oil prices remain down this year to ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... average price of US$38.21 per barrel in the June quarter from US$27.96/barrel in the first three months of 2020. The price of Brent oil jumped by 36.6% to an average of US$40.27/barrel in the second quarter from US$29.49 a barrel in the previous quarter. ...