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Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Unit. "Here, Leissner abused his leadership role at Goldman Sachs by engaging in a massive bribery scheme targeting the highest levels of two foreign governments in order to bring in lucrative business to the firm and enrich himself." Leissner consented ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... accelerated 8.0% in the year to November from 7.2% in the previous month, faster than market expectations for 7.6% gain and the highest rate since June this year. Year on year growth in industrial production quickened to 6.2% in November from 4.7% in ...

Where to invest when a GFC looms

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... institutional investors. Natixis Investment Managers surveyed 500 institutional investors globally and found that the highest proportion of them (58%) are expecting another global financial crisis in the next one to three years. A further 20% think the ...

Cost savings, RC boost digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... hearing, it saw 3225. As the inquiry progressed, Sargon Decimal saw a marked increase in sessions, hitting one of its highest points in April 2018 at 3256. At the same time the likes of AMP and the big four testify in relation to misconduct in their ...

Pinnacle buys stake in Coolabah

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... institutions. "Partnering with CCI is totally consistent with Pinnacle's strategy - we regard Chris and his team as highest quality in their field who have delivered consistently outstanding results for their clients by generating alpha from liquid ...

AMP Capital commits more to Melbourne students

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... and researchers," "Student numbers at the University of Melbourne continue to grow due to its reputation as Australia's highest-ranking university," he said. ADIT currently has $1.7 billion in assets under management, primarily in the infrastructure ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... forward view (back then) was also better with the Markit Eurozone composite PMI index for December 2017 surging to its highest reading since February 2011 According to IHS/Markit (at the time): "The upturn continued to be led by manufacturing, where ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... than consensus expectations for a small improvement to 97.0; it's the fourth-straight month of improvement and the highest reading in seven months. Both the current conditions index (up 3.6 points to 115.2) and the expectations index (up 1.6 points ...

Industry funds dominate risk-adjusted MySuper returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... most of the top 10 across a wide array of other categories in Rainmaker's report, including lowest standard deviation, highest Sharpe ratio and fewest negative returns. Local Government Super -at 10.3% p.a. -performed best when it comes to three-year ...

Use 401k to pay student debts: US senator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... IRA, tax and penalty free, to pay off student loans or pay tuition costs. With student debt levels in the US at their highest, the plan would also allow people to pay for the education expenses of a spouse or dependent from their retirement savings. ...