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Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... it, she put the money in companies she "loves and trusts". In a few months, she saw $500 jump to $4000 after investing in South Corp (because she loves wine), Julia Mines (for her namesake) and North Limited (she believed the share price would head 'north'). ...

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... by Barclays Private Bank and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. She spent 10 years in Hong Kong before returning to Yass, New South Wales, where she is a partner in her family's mixed farming business. Harker also sits on the board of the NSW government's ...

Raiz shuffles leadership team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
Micro-investing app Raiz has announced in its FY20 results that it's reorganising the executive team to better manage the business as it expands globally. Chief executive of Australia George Lucas has moved into the role of group chief executive with ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... apropos to the current circumstances the world faces. It's back again... in Australia, in New Zealand, in Japan, in South Korea, in Vietnam, in Europe, to name a few. According to Factset: "Major Eurozone nations have seen infection rates return ...

Cromwell sells SA asset at premium

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
Cromwell Funds Management has sold a refrigerated distribution facility in South Australia for $63.05 million; an 18.96% premium to the asset's book value. Cromwell has sold Rand Distribution Centre on behalf of its owner, Cromwell Property Trust (C12) ...

Pengana sales manager lands distribution gig

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... strategy for the Inspire Impact products," he said. Keen joined Pengana in June 2015 as a regional distribution manager for New South Wales and the ACT, and was appointed as the firm's national sales manager for its private banking and wealth division ...

Superannuation critical to economic recovery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... has a 50% stake in the Macarthur Wind Farm. First State Super and HESTA have major stakes in the Snowtown 2 Wind Farm in South Australia. Despite this, McCrea said there are anti-retirement groups that disagree with superannuation and want to see the ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... close their borders with Australia's second largest state. Queensland even went further by shutting its borders with New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The cycle hit our next-door neighbour New Zealand as well. Just ...

Mixed results at Bjelke-Peterson estate sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... supressed protests by declaring a state of emergency in 1971 in response to the suggestion of anti-apartheid protests when the South African rugby team was visiting Queensland. There were widespread reports that under the Bjelke-Peterson government bribes ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... countries, the outlook appears worse. India's GDP forecast is at -4.5%, Russia's -6.6%, Brazil's -9.1%, Mexico's 10.5% and South Africa's is -8.0%. "These countries, which typically grow at a decent rate, often define the general narrative for emerging ...