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Vale Murray Wyatt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Tributes are flowing for Morrows chair and director Murray Wyatt, who passed away suddenly on Friday, July 23. In confirming the news, Morrows' board of directors said: "For those who worked with and knew him, he was a larger-than-life personality ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... Julie Berry, Matthew Rowe and Neil Kendall. The association said it will commence the search for his replacement immediately. News of De Gori's resignation comes on the same day as the Association of Financial Advisers announced the appointment of ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... weighing the relevant public interest factors, that no charges should be brought for that conduct," ASIC said. AMP welcomed the news, with general counsel David Cullen saying the institution acknowledges the deficiencies in its historic systems and processes. ...

Funds will fail YFYS test multiple times: Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... will need to either decrease their levels of tracking error or increase its expected information ratio, he said. "The good news is that tracking error is within the control of a super fund. While it cannot be controlled to a fine degree, it can be dialed ...

AMP Capital GEFI sold to Macquarie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... AMP on a successful integration." Once completed, Macquarie Asset Management expects to have total AUM of $720 billion. The news came as Morningstar lowered its cumulative earnings estimate for AMP Capital by about 20% on the back of AUM losses. Looking ...

Female board participation rises: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... general manager of advocacy Louise Petschler said. "It comes as the decade-long AICD's Chair's Mentoring Program celebrates the news that eleven alumni now hold chair roles on the boards of ASX 200 companies." However, only 21 or 10% of women hold chair ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... dictates that both consumers and businesses will defer expenditures, slowing overall economic growth. More so, given recent news that wage negotiations have settled on the low side. As per Factset, "Kyodo cited Japan Business Federation figures showing ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... latest report, well-below market expectations for a nearly one million gain (978,000 to be exact). A repeat of the 'bad news is good news' view that prevailed a month ago. But if you read the BLS's report as diligently as a crime scene investigator ...

Salaries boosted by skills shortage

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... offer those increasers to all their employees while 39% say increases will only go to top performers. Despite all the good news, Robert Half said that uncertainty in the market has many employees feeling as though they should stay with their existing ...