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Zurich appoints Macquarie vets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... personnel to its management team. Following Macquarie's agreement to sell its Macquarie Life insurance business to Zurich in March, Zurich has recruited current Macquarie Life head of commercial management Daniel Longden to the role of head of strategy ...

Macquarie partners to acquire real estate sales platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Michael and Daniel Dempsey, who are affiliated with investors in the consortium - to consider the acquisition proposal in March. The committee said it "unanimously recommends, in the absence of a superior proposal... that shareholders vote in favour ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... stats). Latest data showed industrial production dropped by 2.3% in the month of May following monthly gains of 3.8% in March and 0.5% in April. And while the rate of year-on-year contraction has eased to 0.1% in May from 3.3% in April, fact is industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... decelerating from April's 0.5% increase. Though still healthy, the annual growth rate in personal income has slowed from 4.6% in March to 4.4% in April to 4.0% in May - the slowest rate since March last year. Consumer spending rose by 0.4% in the month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... to May. This is much lower than the expected 0.9% year-on-year fall and follows contractions of 0.8% in April and 1.0% in March.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... pace of monthly increase since August last year. Year on year, growth in house prices slowed to 5.9% in April from 6.1% in March. The modest increase in house prices appears inconsistent with continued strength in sales. Existing home sales rose by 1.8% ...

Super uncertainty makes engagement top priority

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... bracket. And their guidance will need to be very specific based on each customer's unique circumstances," Hope said. In March the company rolled out its EngageOne Video technology to the Australian market with a customised super fund solution. Hope said ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... the Fed now expects GDP growth to expand by 2.0% in both 2016 and 2017, down from the 2.2% (2016) and 2.1%) projected in March. Projections for the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.7% this year and 4.6% in 2017 but inflation forecasts were lifted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... production went up by 0.5% in the month of April -- up from the preliminary estimate of a 0.3% rise - following a 0.3% gain in March and expectations for an increase of 0.4%. However, the previous two month's gains remained insufficient to offset the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... confidence. The NAB business confidence index fell to a reading of plus 3 in May from plus 5 in the previous month and plus 6 in March. The business conditions index remained unchanged at plus 10 in May from April - above the long-run average of plus ...