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Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Commonwealth Bank asked Barry Lambert to stay on as chair of Count Financial for two years following the bank's acquisition - he asked them for two years and two months. Confused, the bank asked him why. He told them, "If I stay on until January ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Mercer is upping its stakes in superannuation administration by acquiring Pillar from the NSW Government for $35 million. The deal establishes Mercer as one of the largest outsourced superannuation providers in Australia, increasing funds under administration ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... said. While spikes and wobbles will be the order of the day, self-funded retirees and SMSF investors are advised to keep their eye on the long game. "Over the longer-term, it will be much more difficult to predict how either a Trump or Clinton presidency ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Just when we thought Halloween was over, things are still going bump day and night. Things like the VIX - "fear" - index. It bumped up to a reading of 22.1 overnight, just six points shorts of this year's high of 28.1 reached on the 11th of February. ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Massachusetts. US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen spoke about many things at that conference but one thing that caught my eye - one that took me back to my student days - was her mention of the word "hysteris". Ahh yes, hello hysteris my old friend ...

CSC names new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... board at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; and a member of the community advisory committee at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Barker will replace the outgoing Gearing whose term as a director on the CSC Board expired on 12 September ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... vulnerable; new industries are needed to replace what's been lost in commodities." Comegys also warned attendees to keep their eye on the housing market, pointing to Perth as potentially indicative of what's to come in other capital cities. "I can't ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... indicator of an asset bubble, he continued, was the extent to which it was backed by debt. "Asset value is ultimately in the eye of the beholder, but the danger really comes with debt accumulation from poor lending practices," he said. Having said this ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Magellan's positions in Tesco and Lloyds Banking Group have hurt the group's flagship Global fund as the pound has plunged in the wake of the Brexit vote, but chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass has his sights on more exciting ...