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Rainmaker Group acquires Money magazine

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Rainmaker Group has acquired Money magazine from Bauer Media. Rainmaker Group confirmed today its transaction with Bauer to acquire the iconic Australian title is complete. Money will become Rainmaker's key consumer title under its media division ...

Equipsuper boosts digital and member experience teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
Equipsuper is boosting its member experience and digital capabilities with several new hires. Former SS&C DST director of product development Sam Higgie has taken the position of product strategy consultant. Higgie reports to head of product experience ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

Finding value in Fairfax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
There are signs of life in Fairfax yet but the big banks are less promising, according to Auscap Asset Management. Speaking at the Financial Standard Adviser Big Day Out in Wollongong this morning, Auscap head of distribution Lee Hopperton provided ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
If one were to time the genesis of the recent surge in oil prices, it would have to be Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interview with Time magazine around mid-April this year when he hinted at wanting the price of crude to reach around ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
History is about to be made on 12 June 2018 at Sentosa Island in Singapore between the leader of the free world and the North Korean supremo. It's going to be a "win-win" deal according to US President Donald Trump. In all likelihood, North Korean ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Let me take you down (no, I'm not going to Strawberry Fields) back to early 2016, when the US and the European Union decided to lift financial and oil sanctions on Iran. Almost immediately Tehran announced it's bringing back production to 3 million ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
The Middle Kingdom's supremo, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng, sent equity markets on the up and up. Instead of talking tough and raising the ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
There's certainly no denying that the bulls ruled Wall Street over the course of 2017 with its record breaking feat splattered all over the financial headlines one day after another. Less focused on was the fact that the S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
What a difference seven months made. More specifically the time Budget 2017-18 was released last May to the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) released yesterday. The difference is A$5.8 billion. This is the improvement in the country's budget ...