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Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... predict global politics isn't too far from flipping a coin, according to Prime Value Asset Management portfolio manager ST Wong. Pointing to the Brexit surprise and Donald Trump's election, Wong said: "You may have more luck predicting the weather." ...

Hong Kong fintech makes senior Australia hire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... Lynch, ANZ, BZW Australia and Macquarie Equities. His appointment occurs at the same time Quantifeed has appointed Audrey Wong as both chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Like Brant, she worked at Merrill Lynch, as chief operating officer ...

N1 purchases Sydney property portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... rapid and effective pathway for N1 to enter the resale property, sale and lease management market," N1 Loans chair Ren Hor Wong said. "This acquisition is projected to boost N1 Realty. In addition, this acquisition is expected to crease home loan cross-sale ...

BTIM adds to executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... follows in a long line of recent appointments at BTIM, with Michael Bargholz joining as new chief executive in July, Paul Wong and Lachlan Crompton coming on board as global equities analysts in August, and the appointment of Gavin Rochussen to the newly ...

BTIM adds to global equities boutique

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has appointed two analysts to its Australian-based global equities boutique. Paul Wong and Lachlan Crompton will join the team, reporting to head of global equities, Ashley Pittard. Wong joins BTIM from UBS where he worked ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The researcher added outflows from unlisted funds still dwarf ETF inflows. Morningstar senior analyst Tim Wong said cost is a common denominator behind the shift. "Financial advisers are adapting to a world without product ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' reforms helped to "better align the interests of financial advisers and their representatives with those ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... top tax rate, which applies to any income earned over $180,000, increases from 45% to 47%. Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong says Labor is concerned about a loophole that means only "the wealthy but poorly advised" will pay the two%." For someone earning ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearing in Sydney. A motion made by Senator Penny Wong's this morning read: "Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sinodinos) to immediately attend the Chamber to provide a full explanation ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Holdings (AWH) which is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearing in Sydney. Senator Penny Wong's motion reads: "Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sinodinos) to immediately attend the Chamber to provide a full explanation ...