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Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... three boutiques: Dalton Street Capital, Flinders Investment Partners and Equus Point Capital. Last Friday, Euroz decided to stop funding Prodigy, taking the view that Prodigy had failed to reach sufficient scale, and industry headwinds and barriers to ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
As Prime Minister Scott Morrison updated Australians about the measures being taken at home to stop the spread of COVID-19, other nations around the world have announced their stimulus packages to cushion the economic burden. The largest, unsurprisingly ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
"Hush, little baby don't say a word Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird..." Perhaps, a throwback to my childhood but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - ...

CBA in court over RC case studies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... The Royal Commission heard that Harris amassed a $35,000 credit card debt with CBA and that he had pleaded with the bank to stop offering him more credit, telling them upfront that he had a gambling problem. Harris told the Royal Commission that the ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Suggestions in response to the coronavirus pandemic that pausing superannuation contributions would stimulate the economy have been panned. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy was blunt in his assessment of the ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... personal protective equipment, screening, diagnostic tests, and additional hospital beds," she said. "Without a vaccine to stop the virus, countries have taken measures to limit its spread, like travel restrictions, temporary school closures, and quarantines." ...

Fight for MySuper advice fees kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... government implements recommendations from the Royal Commission. Draft legislation currently open for consultation would stop Australians paying for financial advice from their MySuper accounts. The Financial Planning Association of Australia is among ...

Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... to be sold in the US, with the US Food and Drug Authority noting that it was in the interest of public health to make the stop smoking system available. "Here you've got a company that is doing what you want from ESG, which is getting to a better ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... tourist numbers. Italy - considered the virus' epicentre in Europe - has reportedly locked down 12 towns (so far) to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But it's spreading across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ...