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Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... months." Governmental action now could help save Australia's property market, Walker argued. "Most importantly, strong fast action could really help preserve the property market. If the government doesn't act faster and harder to contain the ...

Banks defer small business loan repayments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... businesses when they need it most, to help keep the doors open and keep people in jobs." Bligh added that banks are putting fast-track approval processes to ensure customers receive the support as soon as possible. The package was developed following ...

deVere launches global contactless advice offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... time, and book e-meetings with their adviser. deVere founder and chief executive Nigel Green said the world was changing "fast", and added that if the global economy fell into recession on the back of the coronavirus, it - and its subsequent recovery ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... effective by the market. Whilst coordination by the G7 led by Emmanuel Macron, and G20 led by Narendra Modi, show the need to act fast and cut through legislative wrangling and red tape," SSGA head of global macro policy research Amlan Roy said. "Street ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Plenary global chair John O'Rourke said. Divesting the business will free-up capital to support Plenary's opportunities in the fast growing Australian and Asian infrastructure markets, he added. "The immediate pipeline on the eastern seaboard of Australia ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... called for further cash rate cuts. "Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late, should get our Fed Rate down to the levels of our competitor nations," he tweeted. "They now have as ...

Actuaries Institute appoints 2020 president

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
The Actuaries Institute has appointed a new president for 2020, with eyes set on giving young actuaries a voice. Hoa Bui, currently also a director at KPMG Actuarial and partner-in-charge of actuarial and financial risk at KPMG Australia, has nabbed ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... virtual freezing of economic activity in their respective economies and sharp declines in their equity markets, Japan is fast becoming a special (basket) case. Japan's economy contracted at an annualised rate of 7.1% in the December 2019 quarter ...

WealthO2 appoints national BDM

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Wealth management platform WealthO2 has appointed a national business development manager, set to build awareness of the quickly growing service. Former Lonsec senior BDM, Greg Schapkaitz, has nabbed the newly created role, and will report directly ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
Be careful what you wish for. Many European countries and their citizens have long been complaining about the growing problem of overtourism in their respective cities. Italy, for one, has introduced new rules and regulations prohibiting sitting on ...