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Ironbark acquires firm, eyes instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... boxes for us," he said. Four Ambassador staff members have moved across to Ironbark: Peter Tiffin, Andrew Vrech, Peter Murphy and Christina Yip. The headcount for the merged entity now sits at about 40. The acquisition completed around the end of May. ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
It's rare for two economists to have a meeting of minds (you all know the economists' jokes), but I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Trump's latest tat (branding Beijing a currency manipulator) for China's tit (allowing the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0/US$1) highlights just how determined the US president is to win the trade war. Yes Virginia ...

ISA condemned by union

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... fading around the globe and consistently leads to spiralling costs," Hicks said. ETU national industry coordinator Matthew Murphy also criticised the report, saying many of its findings were based on assumptions, rather than clear evidence. "This report ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... InvestmentLink staff will be retained, and the technology and teams will be consolidated over time. Midwinter co-founders James Murphy, Andrew McClelland and Plummer have also been appointed to the InvestmentLink board. Plummer said: "Midwinter identified ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
It's now 8pm in Washington. That's four hours until T-day (tariff Friday) - the time when US tariffs on about US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods are set to increase to 25% from 10%. Investors around the globe are holding their collective ...

First State Super integrates advice, overhauls leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... Australia and has held roles at QBE, Macquarie Group, NAB and Ernst & Young. First State Super chief digital officer Mary Murphy has also announced she is leaving the fund after eight years spearheading the its brand. Stewart said: "On behalf of the ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
You've been warned. It was only exactly one week ago when I discussed the VIX and MOVE indices - the fear gauge for the stock and bond markets, respectively - and how they've been sharply coming down since the Fed announced its pause very in ...

Women lead superannuation fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... most likely to contribute above the super guarantee. Female members made more concessional contributions than men. Paul Murphy, Vanguard senior manager of government relations and industry policy, said the research showed member contribution rates are ...