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TH Real Estate buys stake in Myer store

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
TH Real Estate is buying a 33% stake in Myer Bourke Street in Melbourne for $151.3 million. The stake is being acquired from the Myer Family and is being invested alongside two existing investors. The global property investment specialist describes ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Morgan Stanley pays $123,750 penalty

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Morgan Stanley Australia has paid a penalty of $123,750 to comply with an infringement notice handed down by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP said it had "reasonable grounds" to believe that Morgan Stanley had contravened subsection 798H(1) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

LGS appoints new board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new director following the resignation of a long-standing board member. Gordon Brock will commence on the LGS board of directors on 1 September, replacing Martin O'Connell who resigned after 17 years of service. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Australia dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tally on building approvals show total new dwellings approved jumped by a sharp 11.3% in the month of July, more than offsetting the declines registered in June (-4.7%) and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Australia managed funds The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data showing that funds under management in the managed fund industry rose by 3.0% to A$2,721.6 billion in the June quarter from A$2,646.7 billion in the previous three-month ...

AMP appoints two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
AMP has appointed two new non-executive directors. Michael Wilkins is the former managing director and chief executive of IAG; he was also managing director of Promina Group and Tyndall Australia and has been a non-executive director of Maple-Brown ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Australia employment It was good, but not as good as the headline numbers suggests. Australian businesses hired an additional 26,200 workers in July - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 and the biggest monthly rise since the "questionable" ...