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New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... food security expert for the United Nations' World Food Programme and is a former senate candidate for the Australian Greens. She began her career as a financial analyst and strategy adviser with Deloitte. "As a community of women who care about ...

Fund manager launches HNW advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
An ASX-listed fund manager has officially launched into the high-net-worth advice market. Clime Investment Management is now offering tailored financial advice for HNW and sophisticated investor clients within its subsidiary Clime Private Wealth. It ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
I commented about the tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears on Wall Street yesterday, and Monday's action on 'The Street' shows they're still tugging and pulling. It's so easy to commentate on the day-to-day action on Wall Street ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Given the US equity market's reaction to the latest US Federal Reserve missive, one would think that Wall Street is against strong(er) growth. All major benchmark indices - DJIA, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 - closed lower after the Fed announced ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... Budget...even those questions you're afraid to ask. The overall picture is that aside from the Labor Party (I think the Greens too), most saw the Budget and liked what they see. Why wouldn't we? Tax cuts for businesses and the employed and increased ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... Commission was targeted by social media this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed his regret for opposing it. In the past I argued against ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
Three out of three central banks kept monetary settings unchanged at their most recent meetings - what's more important is where the central banks think we are and where they plan to take us. The minutes of the meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Commonwealth Bank recruits Suncorp executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
Commonwealth Bank has appointed a new general manager, advice professional services from Suncorp. The bank has confirmed that Ronna Ludgate commenced in the role at the end of January, leaving her position as head of distribution, conduct and professional ...

Online Aussie consumer giant enters life insurance market

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
One of Australia's leading online consumer brands is entering the life insurance industry via a distribution partnership. Under the agreement with life insurance distributor Greenstone Financial Services, Kogan.com (Kogan) will offer life insurance ...