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New director lands at Qantas Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Roberts, will join the fund's board as a member-elected director for Group B (Flight Attendants). Roberts' first board meeting will be 29 September 2016. An international flight attendant since 1995, Roberts also serves as vice president of the Flight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... second time this year. The RBNZ lowered the official cash rate by 25 bps to a record low 2.0% after its 11 August Board meeting. It last lowered interest rates from 2.5% to 2.25% back in March this year. According to RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler: "Weak ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... (in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's 25 basis point interest rate reduction announced after its 3 May Board meeting). According to Westpac chief economist, the dip in confidence is "a fairly common pattern following an interest rate-driven ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA holds The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy settings steady at its 7 June Board meeting, announcing no change in the official cash rate which the central bank cut to a record low 1.75% at its 3 May meeting. "Taking account ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... well as the more traditional focuses of financial reporting/audit and capital management all vying for necessary board meeting time. "There is no doubt the risk related findings in the KPMG report will be well received by shareholder groups who in recent ...

Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Family offices are spending up to 75% of its time on reporting due to inefficiencies, according to research from the Family Office Exchange. The research showed that the average family office spends 32% of its time on collecting, verifying, analysing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... cut interest rates soon enough. Recall that the RBA cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.75% after its 3 May Board meeting following "information showing inflationary pressures are lower than expected". To be sure, March quarter CPI inflation measures ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Australia retail sales ABS data released yesterday gave meat to the RBA's statement after its 3 May Board meeting that, "In Australia, the available information suggests that the economy is continuing to rebalance following the mining investment boom" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... expectations for more stimulus measures when it decided to keep monetary policy on hold following its 27-28 April Board meeting. More so when stats released on the very same day it announced its decision painted a gloomier picture of the economy. Deflation ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... report increased the probability that the RBA would cut the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) at its 3 May Board meeting from 14% to 50%. Sharp price drops in automotive fuel (down 10.0%) and fruit (down 11.1%) accounted for much of the 0.2% decline ...