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Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... exports) has the biggest oil importer (China, which buys more than 65% of total imports) to thank for this, and perhaps US President Donald Trump and his war on trade with Beijing. There's no denying Washington's increased tariffs on imports ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... indications and suggestions embedded in the ECB statement, as it's been overtaken by events - or more to the point, ECB president Mario Draghi's speech at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal on June 18. 'Twas here that Draghi ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... stewardship and spearheaded proxy and corporate governance initiatives. Prior to her time at Charles Schwab, Le Berre was vice president of corporate governance and responsible investment for BlackRock. Sireklove welcomed Le Berre to the role, saying ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... chief executive Dante De Gori shared an audience with the former AustralianSuper staffer alongside AFA counterparts, president Marc Bineham and chief executive Phil Kewin, as the associations took an early opportunity to discuss the sector's ongoing ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... individuals are going to need a more diverse range of financial tools to help protect against longevity risk," Mercer wealth president Richard Nuzum said.

International firm acquires advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... approval, though 60% of shareholders have already indicated they will vote in favour of the transaction. Canaccord Genuity president and chief executive Dan Daviau said the transaction builds upon the work done by its Australian team to establish the ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... women's engagement in executive roles and to gender equality was recognised in the honours. Richmond Football Club president Peggy O'Neal was noted in the honours for her service to superannuation and finance law as well as to the advancement ...

Liquidnet acquires fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... actionable insight from the enormous amounts of unstructured data that is produced throughout the capital markets," Liquidnet president Brian Conroy said. "This acquisition further supports our goal to help our members generate better performance by ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Members also approved a special resolution as to what would be done with SCOA's surplus funds. Earlier this year, SCOA president Peter Illidge told Financial Standard the association expected to have about $100,000 upon closing, which it wanted to pass ...

Challenger funds management chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... at the time. Prior to CBA, Saines worked as managing director of Zurich Capital Markets Asia and was executive vice president at Bankers Trust. He served in several directorship roles, including the Australian Financial Markets Association, and Air Lease ...