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Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

OneVue takes control of Madison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
OneVue has taken control of Madison Financial Group, working to arrange a sale of the dealer group which is home to close to 100 advisers. It's the latest development in the Sargon saga, which began last Wednesday when Sargon entered external administration ...

Westpac also owed money by Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
China's Taiping Trustees is not the only group owed money by Sargon and its related companies. There is also a roughly $35 million debt facility from Westpac bank, Financial Standard understands. The Westpac loan is in addition to previously reported ...

OneVue takes control of Sargon stake in Sequoia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has taken control of a Sargon subsidiary's 19% stake in ASX-listed wealth and advice firm Sequoia Financial Group, as its looks to recoup $31 million. The Sequoia stake is worth about $4.6 million at Tuesday's closing price of 20 cents. ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
RBA governor Philip Lowe has rejected concerns that the bank's decision to cut interest rates last year dented consumer confidence and impacted weak consumer growth. Speaking at the National Press Club, Lowe said that while he understands having rates ...

Phillip Kingston resigns from GrowthOps board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
Phillip Kingston has resigned from the board of ASX-listed Trimantium GrowthOps, as his Sargon Capital venture stays in receivership. GrowthOps provides services in creative, technology, coaching and leadership, according to ASX filings. Kingston is ...

Sargon companies in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Ernst & Young was this afternoon appointed as administrator for at least three Sargon-related companies, after the main holding company went into external administration last Wednesday. Sargon Superannuation Holdings, Sargon Services Pty Ltd and Sargon ...

Board departure at Sargon subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
In another board departure, Sargon subsidiary Tidswell has bid farewell to a board director who chaired the investment committee. Stephen Miller flagged his intention to resign from the trustee board and his committee roles with Sargon in December 2019 ...

Chief economist update:China prepares anti-viral injection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
"Fear of death is worse than death itself..." - Gosho Aoyama The rate of infection from the coronavirus continues to multiply and, along with it, the sense of panic that has resulted in an almost worldwide ban on travel to and from China, complete lockdown ...

Sargon runs out of steam

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
Philip Kingston's Sargon has been forced into external administration by one if its Chinese creditors. In a statement to Financial Standard, Sargon said one of its creditors, Chinese state-owned insurance company Taiping Trustees has appointed McGrathNicol ...