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KPMG names new national chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... internal and external audit, corporate finance and restructuring roles. This included leading teams supporting some of the country's largest and most complex transactions and transformations. She is currently based in Melbourne where she specialises ...

The 2016 Census as a guide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... population has grown to 24.4 million at the end of 2016 - up 8.2% from five years before and 42% since I arrived in this 'lucky country'. If only I had a crystal ball. Increasing population needs housing. Need I say more? As at December 2016, more than ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Asia-Pacific neighbours. "APFinSA council members represent the voice of over 100,000 financial service professionals across 11 country associations and we are delighted that Nick has been appointed as the vice chairman of the APFinSA International Certifications ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... other good news, the slowdown in Australian property prices has been orderly (so far) -- one that wouldn't threaten the country's financial stability.

New lead for BNY Mellon APAC custody business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... servicing from Northern Trust. Rohan Singh has been appointed to the role, leaving Northern Trust where he was most recently country head, Singapore and head of South East Asia. To be based in Singapore, Singh succeeds Francis Braeckevelt who has been ...

Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced the elections on the 18th of April, because "The country is coming together but Westminster is not. Labour have threatened to vote against the final agreement we reach. The Lib Dems ...

Financial Standard to expand into Marketing and Communications educational content

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... financial advice and project financing. Meanwhile, there are about 60,000 Marketing and Communications executives in the country. "The financial services sector will continue to be disrupted by technology bringing in new competition and changing the ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... construction..." However, the latest news out of Japan - Australia's second biggest export market where about 15% of the country's products and services are shipped - provide cause for concern for Australian exporters. Japan's GDP grew by 0.3% in the ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... it hopes will drive up personal taxation receipts and help the nation reduce its annual deficit and in time enable the country to start paying down on its ballooning government debt. Nevertheless the GDP results were in line with consensus expectations ...