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Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... "And so happy Christmas (War is over) For black and for white (If you want it) For yellow and red ones (War is over)..." - John Lennon Well, the trade war's not completely over, but the financial markets' rally on news that a phase one deal between ...

APRA joins in on Westpac scrutiny

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... taking to strengthen risk governance in recent years, including through its self-assessment," APRA said. APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale said AUSTRAC's statement of claim in relation to Westpac contains serious allegations that question the prudential ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Sunsuper head of corporate, insto sales departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... Prior to this, she worked at Plum Financial Services, NAB and APRA. In July, MetLife hired former MLC Life head of product John Ashton as its retail product. Sunsuper is currently considering the possibility of merging with the $113 billion QSuper, which ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... earning. This, ladies and gents, is the moral of the above passage from 'The Fable of the Bees' -- the passage that JMK (John Maynard Keynes), himself, cited when he gave us the 'Paradox of Thrift'. This was what the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... Association of Financial Advisers, was present along with Judith Fox from the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association and John Maroney from the SMSF Association. Representatives from the Financial Services Council, Association of Superannuation ...

Cashwerkz, Complii partner to automate compliance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... an automated end-to-end capital raising solution for both retail and institutional clients. Executive chair at Cashwerkz John Nantes says the alliance will help solve some of the financial services industry's compliance issues. "We are really delighted ...

Tasplan chief to exit, merger confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Leeanne Turner will take over as the chief executive of the new merged fund. In another leadership change, MTAA Super chair John Brumby will retire after nine years in the role and cede the chairmanship of the merged fund to current Tasplan Chair Naomi ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
At the FPA Professionals Congress speakers who specialise in protecting vulnerable, elderly and disabled people from financial abuse shared how planners can be part of the solution. Anne McGowan, chief executive of Protecting Seniors Wealth, started ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... This is also consistent with the 'Taylor Rule'. Financial Standard has always relied on that time tested work by John Taylor to estimate the required level of interest rates for a given state of the economy. In the economics vernacular, this ...