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Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
First, the good news: The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) latest update on the country's labour market confirmed the continued strengthening in the labour market. Total employment increased by 34,700 in the month of December -- more than twice ...

AMP Capital names executive switch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
AMP Capital's joint chief financial officer and chief operating officer has left the company and a successor has been appointed. Margaret Payn, who has worked with AMP Capital for five years, will relocate to the UK for family reasons. John Patrick ...

Charter Hall, ISPT boost property portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
Charter Hall will build a $200 million office tower in Melbourne's CBD following receipt of development approval from the Victorian Government. The Charter Hall Office Trust received approval for a new 22-storey office tower at 140 Lonsdale Street which ...

Sunsuper director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A Sunsuper director has resigned from the board after serving half a term. Teresa Moltoni, who first joined the board in July 2016, will step down to focus on the expansion of her industrial relations consultancy and legal practice, effective January ...

Cromwell appoints chief capital officer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Cromwell Property Group has appointed a new chief capital officer. Simon Garing joins Cromwell from Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hong Kong, where he was deputy director of research - Asia-Pacific. Prior to that, he was head of real estate research ...

NAB refunds home loan customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
NAB refunded $1.7 million to home loan customers after it failed to properly set up mortgage offset accounts, according to ASIC. Customer complaints prompted NAB to conduct an internal review, which found the bank failed to link offset accounts to broker ...

Big 4, AMP fork out massive compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
AMP and the big four banks refunded customers $215.9 million for charging ongoing advice fees that failed to provide actual general or personal advice. ASIC said this was in addition to the fees-for-no-service compensation figures identified in Report ...

Centrepoint Alliance names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
The chief executive of an IOOF-aligned dealer group will take over leadership of Centrepoint Alliance in 2018. Shadforth Financial Group chief executive Angus Benbow has been named as Centrepoint's new chief executive, commencing April 2018. Benbow ...

Chinese financial services giant eyes Australian expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
A Chinese financial services juggernaut, which is also the world's most valuable fintech company, is extending its reach into the Australian market under a new partnership. Ant Financial, which operates mobile payment and lifestyle platform AliPay ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
To say that you, I and Irene were surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey ...