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Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The monetary and fiscal masters of the US of A fronted the Senate Banking Committee - as required under the March 2020 COVID-19 relief law - singing a rendition of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. In his testimony, Federal Reserve chair ...

Industry fund chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
An $11.5 billion superannuation fund's chief executive will exit to lead a fintech, which is in the process of merging with the former Sargon Capital, now Certane Group. Mine Super chief Harry Mitchell will step down after nearly five years at the ...

BetaShares targets HNW market with new role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
BetaShares has announced a new appointment to a newly created role targeting the high-net-worth market. Tony Pattison has been named as head of high net worth groups and will be responsible for leading BetaShares' activities in the private bank, family ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...

T. Rowe Price hires ETF consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
The global funds management giant, which does not have an ETF business in Australia, has hired the former boss of an ETF issuer as a consultant. Kris Walesby was the chief executive of ETF Securities for nearly five years, before his sudden departure ...

OpenMarkets raises $10m, moves up ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
OpenMarkets is set to list later this year, having secured $10 million in a pre-IPO fund raise as it overtook CMC Markets as second-largest retail broker in Australia. Now trailing only CommSec, OpenMarkets says feedback from investors in the oversubscribed ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The year 2021 is shaping up to be a mirror image of the year that preceded it - annus horribilis 2020 - when economic growth forecasts were being sliced as the coronavirus epidemic that started in China turned into a pandemic of biblical proportions. ...

Equity Trustees wins super trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
Equity Trustees has been appointed as the superannuation trustee of a $400 million master trust. The Aracon Superannuation Fund will use Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited as its independent trustee. Aracon is a master plan whose sub-plans include ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Crude oil remains hot with prices soaring to 14-month highs. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by 30.5% to US$66.85 per barrel and that of the WTI soared by 31.2% -- more than making up for the full-year 2020's loss of 24.4% and ...

Rest hires from NGS Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Rest has appointed a new general manager of superannuation and retirement solutions, hiring from NGS Super. Mel Jose has been appointed to the role at Rest, moving on from her role as senior manager of investment governance at NGS Super. Jose spent ...