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Macrovue appoints former Arena MD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
The former joint managing director of Arena Investment Management will join the board of AMP-backed Macrovue. The online investment platform will welcome James Goodwin following his participation in a capital raise of about $1.25 million to support ...

KPMG names new national chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
A senior audit partner and governance specialist is being promoted as KPMG Australia's new national chair. Stepping into the role on 1 September 2017, Alison Kitchen will be KPMG Australia's first woman chair. She will also be the first woman to chair ...

WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson will welcome a QBE national manager as head of FINEX - Australasia. The global advisory firm has appointed Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
It has only been less than a month - 25 May -- since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced the extension of crude oil production cuts by nine months to the last day of March 2018 but oil prices are sliding again. The deal ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Hostplus, Future Super, Australian Ethical Investment and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have raised $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund to be run by specialised investment manager Artesian. The fund will invest in startups at seed stage ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) - especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
IRESS' managing director of superannuation will retire from the financial technology provider at the end of September 2017. Stephen Mackley was previously the chief executive of Financial Synergy - the superannuation technology business acquired by ...