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Northern Trust embroiled in YouTube fundie saga

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
Northern Trust will have to approve any investments made by Neil Woodford, who famously took to YouTube to apologise for the suspension of his fund, in a fresh blow for the fundie. On Friday, Woodford Patient Capital Trust announced to the London Stock ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Activist short-seller Muddy Waters is shorting Burford Capital, YouTube fundie Neil Woodford's second largest holding in his embattled fund. Burford Capital is a lawsuit financier; Muddy Waters says it is taking a short position on Burford because ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Woodford Equity Income Fund investors are unlikely to have access to their money in time to do their Christmas shopping. Link Asset Services confirmed last week that the Woodford Equity Income Fund is likely to remain suspended another four months ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has criticised Neil Woodford who famously issued a tearful YouTube apology to investors whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... enigma..." Sir Winston Leonard Churchill may be describing Russia's intentions and interests when he made this now famous quote back in 1939 (before he became UK Prime Minister 1940-1945) but Churchill's words now resonate in the conundrum most ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Fearless Girl comes to Melbourne

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... for equality and diversity. The 50-inch bronze statue of a little girl standing defiantly in front of Wall Street's famous Charging Bull was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors in 2017 in light of International Women's Day. It will stay ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... emerging market currency rout, moderating global growth and commodity prices. This could be a reflection of that other famous quote from Julius Caesar: "No one is brave enough that he is not disturbed by something unexpected." Business confidence should ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... superannuation - but statements like the one made by LPL Financial gets me worried. This is because it reminds me of that famous (infamous) statement made by the well-known US economist and statistician Irving Fisher a year short of nine decades ago ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Back in the day - in the 1990s - when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal ...