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Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... well as forcing borrowers to buy auto insurance they didn't need and illegally repossessing the vehicles of hundreds of military service members. The bank refunded customers US$6.1 million for the unauthorised accounts, as well as nearly a million dollars ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... purview that have active contributors: Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS), Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB). It is also responsible for ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... set at December 20. Markets have been shaken by the recent hostilities, including a revenge-style attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq. Thankfully, markets rebounded overnight after Trump stated that Iran was "standing down", indicating there ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The price of Brent oil went up by 3.6% to US$68.60/barrel on the day; WTI oil prices increased by 3.1% to US$63.05 ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Iranian cultural sites if Tehran carried out revenge attacks on the US, stoking fears of a new war in the Middle East. Military attacks on cultural sites are considered war crimes under international law. It comes after a targeted US drone strike killed ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... does not anticipate an impending war. "As a base case, we continue to assume that the US and Iran will avoid an outright military conflict," the report said. "However, the risks have markedly increased in the past few days. The credit implications of ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... between the US and Iran. A US airstrike in Iraq on January 4 killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic. This prompted the Iranian government to announce that ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... the high-profile news story helped precipitate new laws protecting the rights of women and homosexuals in the British military (the US followed suit). Siddique received a standing ovation for her speech where she spoke about her own personal struggles ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... exposure to global fixed income securities while excluding issuers across eight core filters: tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. An additional full fossil ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... industry superannuation funds, as a major investor in Electro Optic Systems (EOS), an ASX-listed firm operating in the military and space sectors. ISH, which is owned by a number of industry funds (one of which is AustralianSuper), is the parent company ...