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Executive reshuffle at KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... role of chief digital officer. Joining KPMG as its new chief information officer is Craig Wishart. He replaces Anthony Stevens, who now leads the firm's digital services team. Wishart is an experienced technology and operations executive who has led ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... housing finance The latest dwelling finance commitment report gave almost immediate evidence to the RBA governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards in the ...

Government bonds no longer a safe bet

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Once considered a safe bet for portfolio diversification, Australian government bonds are no longer delivering value, according to Simon Stevenson, head of strategy, multi-asset at Schroder Investment Management Australia. Speaking as part of an asset ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... people of Australia." Treasurer Scott Morrison added: "I congratulate Dr Lowe on his appointment and also thank Mr Glenn Stevens for his valuable leadership of the RBA over the past ten years. "International developments required Mr Stevens to steward ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... continued growth in the economy, with inflation close to target" -- and nary a jawboning word from RBA governor Glenn Stevens, should keep the A$ well-bid in the near term. US housing starts There was a big disappointment in the latest update on the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... year-on-year growth in overall credit up by 6.6% -- accelerating from January's annual rate of 6.5%. More important, Glenn Stevens appears to have made "the horses drink". Business credit gained 0.7% in February for a year-on-year rate of 6.5%. Credit ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... dollar (which it already has) and take down the Australian dollar. This would be a "chilling" moment for RBA Governor Glenn Stevens.

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... up to this day. Seems like nothing much has changed in 18 months - the time back in August 2014 when RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough, "You can't make people be confident ...

RBA Gov on Fed lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... its ramifications - immediate and longer term. Not even the good governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, it seems. In his regular end-of-year tete-a-tete with the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Gov Glenn admitted, "Well, I ...

iSelect nixes Providence takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... interests of iSelect shareholders to engage with Providence," recent management changes (including chief executive Alex Stevens' departure) and "volatility in iSelect's health insurance business" have made the bid less attractive. "[These changes] have ...