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NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Achterstraat. His mandate is to "bust red tape and make NSW the easiest place to do business." Achterstraat is also the current president of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (NSW Division) and was the NSW Auditor-General from 2006 to 2013. ...

Commonwealth Bank CFO resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... immediate effect after less than 12 months in the role. Jesudason is relocating to Hong Kong after being appointed as group president and chief operating officer of Block.one; publisher of EOSIO blockchain software and seller of the EOS cryptocurrency. ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... expected 2.2 million barrels in the latest week, the upward momentum in crude oil prices remains. Recent reports that US President Donald Trump would reimpose sanctions against Iran after 180 days (unless a "deal" is agreed upon) would only put a rocket ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... director of asset strategy. He will lead strategic planning across US assets. Brenton Watson is the new executive vice president of asset management for the US, focused on the performance of US assets; while Joe Boehm, the executive vice president of ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... poised to experience solid growth as deregulation and economic liberalisation deliver a sizable economic dividend; and President Mauricio Macri's policies are leading to a more stable economy and an ever improving economic outlook. It also said Argentina's ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... But after the first day of talks, it's so far, so good. Bloomberg quotes Mark Calabria - chief economist to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence - saying: "What I heard from the first day, and again they've been there for a full day of negotiations, has been ...

Industry fund appoints new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... after the fund recently welcomed Lisa Darmanin to the board. The appointment of the Australian Services Union executive president ensured the fund achieved its target of equal gender representation on the board.

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... in every iShares product to be locally domiciled. In October, James Waterworth was announced as BlackRock as a vice president and iShares specialist. He first joined BlackRock in 2010 as a vice president of iShares UK and Ireland sales teams and corporate ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... based around not fully understanding the investment product - creates "investor gaps." Capital Fund Management (CFM) president Philippe Jordan says true-to-label balanced portfolios have been rare since the Global Financial Crisis. He says the disappearance ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... office. American Century Investments, established in 1958, has expanded into Sydney and appointed Michelle Kidd as vice president, institutional advisory group. Kidd joined from AMG, where she was director, Australian distribution. She will report to ...