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Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's post-GFC rebound and mining boom were in full swing" (Westpac). The survey was conducted ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... various senior positions at UBS and was an impact investment advisor at ADM Capital. Woodland resigned from AMP Capital in August of last year amid the group's sexual harassment allegations. Espeskog is currently head of iShares Asia Pacific distribution ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... month following an upwardly revised 468,000 addition in jobs in February. This is the largest addition to employment since August last year and is significantly higher than consensus expectations for a 647,000 gain. The unemployment rate declined to ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... point target of 2% inflation to achieving "achieve inflation that averages 2 percent over time" - announced on the 27th of August 2020 at Jackson Hole and voila, we get the rationale for the "dot plot" that shows the FOMC participants' assessments ...

IOOF firms abandon ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... network will have the same high level of standards & processes that we strive to maintain." IOOF announced its plans in August to acquire 100% of MLC Wealth comprising its financial advice, platforms, and asset management business for $1.44 billion. ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... additional $937,724 under that. Pahari took on the role as chief executive of AMP Capital on 1 July 2020 and stepped down on 24 August 2020. Additionally, former chief executive of AMP Australia Alex Wade took home a total of $533,000 in his final year. ...

Mayfair 101 wins case, questions remain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... year. COVID-19 had just gripped the world," he said. "We were entitled to suspend redemptions. The irony is that on 26 August 2020 ASIC published a media release in support of investment managers suspending redemptions. ASIC's actions are entirely co ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... high of 309 rigs - up by 17.0% so far this year and by a whopping 79.7% since it dropped to a 15-year low of 172 rigs in August last year (in response to the drop in crude oil prices). The again, the current rig count remains significantly below the ...

Former adviser charged over fabricated information

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... to fabricating evidence with hopes ASIC would stop looking into him. Ezzat Daniel Nesseim was a financial adviser from August 2006 to March 2018. During that time, he was an executive business financial adviser at Westpac before becoming an authorised ...

Clime, Bristow to face court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... chief investment officer against the firm and its former chief executive has progressed, with a hearing now scheduled for August. Clime Investment Management and Rod Bristow will face court over claims of unfair dismissal made by the firm's former chief ...