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Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... effort to prevent foreign competitors from trying to undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its ability to penalise ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... advice will grow in the future as professionalising the sector will restore and grow trust among consumers. The white paper states: "A fee-for-service model is likely to promote greater trust in the industry as it is more transparent, and this model ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on the May 9 that resulted in a no deal. As a consequence, as at 12:01am Friday on the May 10 (New York time), US ...

AustralianSuper adds board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... Minister from 1985 to 1993. For the three years after this, Russell served as Australia's ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as the independent chair of $43 billion State Super. AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout said the ...

ASIC suspends advice group AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... He is also the founder of Nuclear CRM, an online platform for financial advisers to manage their business. His LinkedIn states that he was director at J&A Wealth Management, which was deregistered by ASIC at the beginning of last year.

Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... Western Australian workers had an average balance of $84,000, while males lead with $132,000. The variances across the states are: Victoria (31%), Queensland (34%), New South Wales (26%), South Australia (33%), Tasmania (33%), ACT (20%) and Northern ...

ESG would curb ocean pollution: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... reduce the risk that an investment portfolio may contribute to ocean degradation or ocean pollution. The Calvert report states: "As the toxic effects of plastics is felt ocean-wide and beyond, investors can impact change by investing in strategies that ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... economy... It reflects negative revisions for several major economies including the euro area, Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia". Then again, negative revisions are more negative than others. The IMF re-calibrated ...

NZ Super dumps guns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... the fund to invest in digital infrastructure, with up to US$115 million to be invested in data centres across the United States. The fund said its investment - which was being made alongside vehicles managed by real estate infrastructure owner and operator ...

Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... recommending: "The NAIF cease use of all non-official email accounts and servers to conduct official business." The report states: "The NAIF did not implement effective arrangements to support integrity and transparency throughout all elements of its ...