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Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Just when we thought that life was slowly returning to normal, reports out of Beijing have turned into reality what many feared - a second wave. While all our uncles and their dogs blamed China for the "bother" the world finds itself in, its policy ...

Magellan launches listed active ETF fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Hamish Douglass' Magellan Financial Group has launched a listed active ETF fund in partnership with Airlie Funds Management, with promises of reducing friction and costs for investors. The Airlie Australian Share Fund will commence trading on the ASX ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
An investment manager overseeing more than $481 billion in assets is set to provide Australian investors with access to its multi-strategy fund specialising in diversified alternatives. Janus Henderson is rolling out its Global Multi-Strategy Fund in ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Australia's financial services companies are the seventh largest group of companies listed within the ASX100 by market capitalisation, yet their directors are among the most handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Has the world reached peak isolation? The growing clamour to ease/end social restrictions and lockdowns indicates that "inmates" are growing restless. Humans, after all, are social animals. There's only so much online interaction - Facebook, Whatsapp ...

Mayfair 101 pushes on

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The embattled Mayfair 101 is pushing ahead with the launch of a new property bond, advertising it as an exclusive fixed income investment opportunity. Mayfair has been restricted in its promotion of debenture products after action by ASIC. The regulator ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Plenary Asia Pacific is set to offload its North American operations to a $390 billion pension fund. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) will acquire Plenary Americas' in addition to the controlling stake already held through its PPP portfolio. ...

Chief economist update:China prepares anti-viral injection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
"Fear of death is worse than death itself..." - Gosho Aoyama The rate of infection from the coronavirus continues to multiply and, along with it, the sense of panic that has resulted in an almost worldwide ban on travel to and from China, complete lockdown ...