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Macquarie team joins Shaw and Partners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Shaw and Partners is bringing over a team of seven from Macquarie Private Wealth to manage a new Canberra office. Stephen Johnson will lead the new Canberra team along with fellow Macquarie veterans Rod Sutherland, Tom Kenyon, Penny Ponder, Neil Robertson ...

Location, location, location: the key to retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... benefit most from a change of scenery. The Milliman Retirement Expectations and Spending Profiles report demonstrates that Canberra residents have the highest annual spend at $38,923, compared to Tasmanian metro residents who are spending just $28,816. ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... the March quarter - in line with market expectations -- following a 4.1% increase in the December 2016 quarter. Only Canberra residential property prices recorded strong growth (up 2.8% in Q1 2017 from a similar 2.8% increase in Q4 2016). The quarterly ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... it," he said. Labor leader Bill Shorten hit at the comments branding Christensen as a "lion in Mackay and a mouse in Canberra." The Bill, which proposed a parliamentary inquiry to examine banking practices including executive pay, will remain in Parliament ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... compared with two (Darwin and Perth) in the September quarter, along with the slowing in price growth in Brisbane and Canberra. The weighted average of residential prices in Australia's eight capital cities jumped by 4.1% in the December quarter, following ...

NAB chief promises greater accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... greater accountability and consequences for those who breach codes of conduct at the second round of the banking inquiry in Canberra on Friday. Thorburn and chief operating officer Anthony Cahill faced the House of Representative's Standing Committee ...

Westpac fortifies commitment to data protection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Pointing to an increased focus on cybersecurity, Westpac increased its stake in a Canberra-based data security specialist. Westpac now holds a 16% stake in QuintessenceLabs, a 5% increase that will assist the quantum cybersecurity service provider in ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... wind farm project also won the final ACT Government large-scale wind reverse auction, including a contract to supply Canberra homes with 100MW of energy per year for 20 years. The financing consortium committed to using ACT-based companies and suppliers ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... 2.6% in Q3 from 2.8% in Q2); Hobart (up 2.3% from 0.7%); Melbourne (up 1.7% from 2.7%); Adelaide (up 0.9% from 0.8%); Canberra (up 0.8% from 2.2%); Brisbane (up 0.2% from 1.1%). Prices fell in Perth (-1.6% from -1.2%) and Darwin (-1.2% from -2.4%). Over ...

HLB Mann Judd builds Melbourne presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... Judd Melbourne from ShineWing Australia where he was a partner. Prior to this he was managing partner at Moore Stephens Canberra and also held roles with EY and KPMG. McMenamin joined HLB Mann Judd from PwC Private Clients and brings expertise in tax ...