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Prodigy boutique finds new strategic partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... venture attracted three boutique partners: Dalton Street Capital, Flinders and Equus Point Capital. Euroz pulled out in March, taking the view that Prodigy had failed to reach sufficient scale, and industry headwinds and barriers to entry were strong. ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... as yields and spreads retreated from "eye-popping levels" observed at the start of COVID-19-related market volatility, in March. "Per the S&P US High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the average yield to worst ebbed below 7% late last month, and reached a ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... isolation and many businesses still locked down or operating with limitations, the rising rate of unemployment - from 5.2% in March to 6.4% in April to 7.1% in May - doesn't surprise. In fact, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

AMP Capital names new chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... "AMP Capital has continued its growth under his watch, and he leaves with our best wishes." Pahari joined AMP Capital in March 2010 as head of infrastructure, Asia and Australia, before transferring to the same role in Europe & the Americas. In December ...

Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... increase" in demand for the organisation's support since government-mandated social distancing requirements were put in place in March. The increased demand isn't limited to financial services either, with the government and energy industries also needing ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... continued to improve: industrial production growth accelerated to 4.4% in the year to May from 3.9% in April and minus 1.1% in March; the year-on-year contraction in fixed asset investment has eased to minus 6.3% by May from as steep as minus 24.5% in ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... comes after Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) was criminally charged with breaching client money obligations in March this year, after it was found to have deposited client money into unauthorised bank accounts between December 2014 and September ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... substantiates the OECD's projections. The NAB Business Survey showed that business confidence has steadily improved from -65 in March to -45 in April to -20 in May. Similarly, consumer confidence advanced from a reading of 75.6 in April to 88.1 in ...

JBWere appoints advice general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... general manager, advice after three and a half years with the company. Bird replaces Neville Azzopardi, who resigned in March along with the firm's chief investment officer James Wright. "Andrew joined JBWere in September 2016 and his career spans ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... update said. The fund reported its single worst month in its 16-year-lonmg history in February (-32.01%) and then again in March (-58.59%). April and May have been positive returns at 14.81% and 12.50% but the fund is still at -61.65% for the year to ...