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Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...

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
The International Monetary Fund has called on every government around the world to introduce substantial targeted policies to support the economy through the coronavirus epidemic. In a blog post, Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the ...

Netflix-for-funds bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... effectively engage their stakeholders," Hirst said. Joining King on Forum 360's advisory board is BasisPoint founder David Chin. Chin currently sits on the board of In1Bank, a neo-bank targeting Australian's who speak Chinese languages. Previously ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Billionaire investor and stock picker Alex Waislitz has warned investors to steer clear from trying to sell or buy market dips, as the coronavirus continues to batter markets. In his capacity as Thorney Opportunities chair, Waislitz wrote to shareholders ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Well, what do you know? Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe had been right all along in his claim that, "the Australian economy appears to have reached a gentle turning point". The latest Australian National Accounts proved the truth in Lowe's statement. ...

Madison advisers loyal amid sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Madison Financial Group has held on to its adviser numbers, as PwC and Seaview Consulting give prospective buyers a closer look at the advice group's numbers on behalf of OneVue. Madison's sale includes the advice group, but also three other ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Future Fund chief investment officer Raphael Arndt is confident Australia's sovereign wealth fund can handle the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, thanks to its diversification. Appearing before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation ...

Raiz cuts AET amid Sargon saga

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
The board of investment platform Raiz has replaced Australian Executors Trustees (AET) as its independent custodian, in what comes as the latest development in the Sargon saga. Raiz has appointed Perpetual Corporate Trust as its new independent custodian ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Finder's RBA Cash Rate Survey found 90% of economists believe there will be a rate cut in 2020, with 15% expecting the cut to come tomorrow. Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said 20 economists specifically called out the threat of the coronavirus. ...