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Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... changing 2023's 2.1% growth projection. The ECB's inflation projections were revised higher for this year and the next though - 1.5% in 2021 (from 1.0%); 1.2% in 2022 (from 1.1%); and, unrevised at 1.4% in 2023. What has caused the stock market ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... encouraging it to happen. "Unfortunately, there is no magic ingredient for boosting business investment. A good starting point, though, is businesses having confidence that the economy will grow and that there will be demand for their products and services," ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
According to recent data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, women hold 14.6% of chair positions, 28.1% of directorships and represent 18.3% of chief executives and 32.5% of key management personnel. Perhaps most concerning of all, only 0.4% ...

ASIC takes Statewide Super to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... members who did not hold cover. Statewide's group insurer, both during the relevant period and now, is MetLife Australia. Though Statewide became aware of the mischarges in May 2018, it did not notify members nor did it act to prevent the premiums ...

ASIC drags CommSec to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... since 2012, receiving fines total more than $1 million. Both CommSec and AUSIEX are fully owned by the Commonwealth Bank, though AUSIEX was acquired Nomura Research Institute in April 2020 with the transaction yet to be finalised.

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... AustralianSuper and QSuper, saying they have "stopped short selling shares." The funds have stopped securities lending, though AustralianSuper only stopped securities lending in Australia and still participates in the practice in its global equities ...

Vanguard to launch retirement income tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Vanguard has announced it is launching the Vanguard Retirement Income Builder tool for financial advisers. Vanguard Australia head of intermediary Rebecca Pope announced the upcoming launch of the Vanguard Retirement Income Builder at Vanguard's recent ...

J.P. Morgan custody exec retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A long-standing J.P. Morgan executive in its securities service business has retired after nearly 20 years with the company. Bryan Gray spent close to 20 years at J.P. Morgan, which is the largest custodian in Australia. Prior to this, he spent about ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Woodside Petroleum's annual results, with a $US4.028 billion net loss for 2020, are food for thought for super funds, according to divestment activists. Several of Australia's largest super funds have significant holdings in Woodside. It appears ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 29,100 workers found employment in January - in line with market expectations. Though the monthly addition in jobs has slowed -- 180K in October, 90K in November and 50K in December - January marked the fourth ...