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Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... outbreaks". As per the World Bank report: "This would be the deepest global recession since World War II, and almost three times as steep as the 2009 global recession. The forecast assumes that the pandemic recedes in such a way that domestic mitigation ...

Family office backs fixed income fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Liquidity Cube. "Fixed income markets are all over the counter - you have to call a broker and pricing is hard in normal times. They are trying to make fixed income trading more transparent. I think it is an industry that needs to be disrupted," Palghat ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... pandemic of unprecedented proportions, enabling risk managers to generate insights and risk strategies in these uncertain times." The report found the top three obstacles to implementing better data analytics across their risk teams were "data residing ...

MLC Life names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... join. "I am thrilled with the opportunity to lead an iconic company, which MLC Life insurance is. These are challenging times for all Australians and their life insurers," he said. "With the continued support of Nippon Life and NAB, and significant ongoing ...

Volatility is not the devil: Pengana

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... becomes increasingly dangerous," she said. "By understanding the importance of weighing volatility when investing in good times and bad, not only during periods of volatility, you can look for those stocks that can outperform over the long term and can ...

38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... issues Westpac was facing," it said. "The panel also noted that reporting to the board on financial crime matters was at times unintentionally incomplete and inaccurate." Westpac's chair John McFarlane said, in his experience since joining the bank ...

Charities call for further stimulus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... productivity and wellbeing is at risk." CSI chief executive Kristy Muir said charities have little liquidity to fall back on in times of crisis, as they already run on very tight margins. "Governments, philanthropists, business, and charities need to ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... said. "The collaboration and ingenuity that has gone into maintaining existing services and developing new ones for these times, has been phenomenal. But we know that many organisations could increase their impact with better technology, more human resources ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... its 6000-strong membership base to boycott the FASEA exam. UFAA chair Alex Vagliviello said that industry reform in recent times had been nothing short of regulatory overreach. "Enough is enough," he said. Another advice association, the Association ...

Gold holding onto Fibonacci resistance: Daily FX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... RSI reading on the monthly gold chart is currently above the 75.00 level - something that's only happened three previous times over the past 20 years. "The previous example was around the 2011 top, and the one before that - just before the financial ...