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RBA cuts rate to new historic low

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... economy have supported the case for further easing." "I suspect the horse races weren't the only thing punters were betting on today," Cooke said. Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hamson said the cut will extend the pain being felt ...

The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
Prior to the horses hitting the track many economists are betting on a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia's board today to a new historical low of 0.10%. Finder's RBA cash rate survey found 67% of economists believe the central bank will cut ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... the full year of 2018). A CFD is contract between a seller and a buyer, typically made with borrowed or leveraged funds, betting on the entry and closing price of financial instruments like shares. If the closing price is higher than the opening price ...

Grow Super founder sentenced in betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... This meant that Wilson had access to the votes and knew who was likely to win. The NRL Integrity Unit reported suspicious betting activity on the Dally Ms to the police in November 2019. For a period of time between 2018 and 2019 Grow Super and StatEdge ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... does make sense." Woods said the real question is whether or not the Morrison government has made the correct call in betting on an investment-led recovery. "We know that before the crisis business investment was weak. There is not much here that makes ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... options worth only US$67 million. Essentially, the Structured Alpha 250 Fund was not "market-neutral" but was in fact betting on an increase in equity prices, the law firm said. On March 25, Allianz GI told investors it was forced to liquidate more funds ...

Grow Super founder pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... placed bets on Craig Bellamy to win the Coach of the Year award, which he did. The NRL Integrity Unit reported suspicious betting activity on the Dally M Awards to the police in November 2019. For a period of time between 2018 and 2019 Grow Super and ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... disappears...That's certainly the finding of our work and that remains true if you include that returns are lower." Coates is also betting on a deep dive into taxation on superannuation. "An area we think the review will certainly look at is, superannuation ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... co-founder of Grow Super, a fund marketed to millennials, has resigned, allegedly as a result of his involvement in an NRL betting scandal. Grow Super co-founder and chief executive Joshua Wilson has stepped down from his role due to the alleged involvement ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... September of the same year - sending the British currency crashing by 18.2% and making George Soros tons of money for betting against the pound. I don't know what the Latin term is for a year that's worse than "annus horribilis" but 2020 would ...