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Industry fund fined over independent advice claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... consultation available to members with an Industry Fund Services licensed financial planner from about July 2016 to late March 2018. It then referred to the advice as "independent." ASIC investigated whether the telephone message contained misleading ...

IFM keen on marijuana stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... its picks is the Barry Lambert-backed hemp producer Ecofibre (ASX: EOL) which is currently up 70% on its ASX debut in late March. Another of IFM's cannabis investments has been even more rewarding. Elixinol Global which operates in emerging medical ...

Superannuation fund names innovation, transformation lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... Rest and help all teams work together to deliver a seamless and consistent experience for members and employers. In late March, Rest hired Tyrone O'Neill as group executive of member engagement, and Brendan Daly as group executive of product and ...

Praemium loses major client

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... Shaw and Partners previously conducted in-house. The incremental contractual value is about $1 million per annum. In late March, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management announced it will transition about 2500 new portfolios to Praemium, building on an existing ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... would follow through on his campaign pledge to "Make America Great Again" by starting a trade war with the world in late March 2018. The impact of which is clearly shown in the IMF's forecast table which showed a sharp deterioration in the rate of ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... Trump's "The Art of the Deal" in real-time, live and in action? Ever since Trump declared a trade war with China in late March this year, there have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now it's good cop bad cop. Bad cop ...

IMF Bentham eyes potential Facebook, Cambridge Analytica goldmine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... per the Privacy Act 1988 - in that Facebook users' personal information was improperly shared with a third party. In late March, Facebook became embroiled in multiple lawsuits when it was found to have exposed raw data on 50 million users to political ...

Aussie funds to access Asian markets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... (ARFP) bill that will open up Asian markets for Australian financial services companies. The legislation was tabled in late March. Wealth management industry data manager APIR Systems welcomed the development. "The ARFP is an opportunity for Australian ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... 22,823.26 points, the Nikkei-225 index has already climbed by 10.7% from this year's low of 20,617.86 points recorded in late March, supported by the 4.7% depreciation in the yen to ¥110.16/US1 from ¥104.93/US1 over the same period. While the strengthening ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... Probably just above "US70c" but still a significant depreciation (9.5%) from this year's high of US$0.7733 recorded in late March. The rationales were rational enough: Australian bond's shrinking yield premium over US Treasuries - from a peak of 42 basis ...