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Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
The Australian consumer is back! He, she, it, they have opened their wallets and went on a shopping binge. This, at least, is what one would conclude after seeing the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report revealing that retail sales surged by ...

Bravura scores platform deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... support our valued clients." In December 2017, Bravura inked a new deal with New Zealand financial services provider ASB Bank. The Commonwealth Bank subsidiary will use Bravura's Sonata platform across its operations under the long-term contract, which ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... higher budget deficits in the US." True that and perfectly rational, particularly given the previous day's commotion over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs by ¥10 billion ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... rating from both Standard and Poor's and Moody's. The fund invests in low-risk, high-quality money market instruments such as bank deposits, commercial paper, certificate or paper and short-term debt instruments. "Many investors, particularly those in ...

Former Perpetual manager moves to advice firm

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... 20-year career in financial services, including eight years with Perpetual, and positions at Deloitte and the Commonwealth Bank. Infinity Wealth managing director Andrew Masson told Financial Standard that Gamble's appointment was a coup. "Being able ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming ¥10 billion off its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs sent the Japanese yen 0.5% higher against the US dollar to ¥112.43 after it sparked renewed taper speculations. While Bloomberg ...

UBS tops Australasian adviser tables for mergers and acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... business DUET Group by a Hong Kong-based and Cheung Kong Property-led consortium. Mergermarket figures show UBS Investment Bank led the Australasian advisory league tables by dollar value in 2017, advising 23 deals valued at about US$41 billion - up ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Giving his 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum preview, Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur says it's hard to find any near-term threats to the global economy. Speaking to Financial Standard, Baur said the world economy ...

RNY wind-up sought as ASIC blocks Aurora move

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... "other third parties." "There was no legitimate purpose for any of the transfers from the Aurora Property Buy-Write Trust bank account. Aurora is not suggesting that third party recipients knew the transfers were fraudulent at the time (other than the ...

Former Centra Wealth adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Australian financial adviser was permanently banned after he was found to be receiving fees for service into his personal bank account. ASIC has banned David Mario Alafaci on the basis that he is not of good fame or character. An authorised representative ...