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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
Australia employment 'Twas a miss. Australian employers added 10,800 workers to their payrolls in April, missing expectations for a 12,500 gain and less than the 25,700 heads added in the previous month. While hiring continues to grow - employment growth ...

MLC appoints new private equity head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
MLC has appointed a new head of private equity. Alicia Gregory has worked in MLC's private equity division for 11 years and was most recently MLC head of Europe, private equity. Prior to MLC, she held a research position at ThreeSixty Investment Strategy ...

Decimal makes international debut

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Decimal Software (Decimal) has signed an agreement with a "leading global professional services firm" allowing it to scale delivery of its enterprise grade robo-advice platform to international banks and financial services companies. The Memorandum ...

Westpac net profit up 3pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Westpac has announced first half 2016 statutory net profit of $3,701 million, up 3% from the prior corresponding period. Commenting on the profit boost, Wesptac chief executive Brian Hartzer said: "The consumer bank delivered strong home loan and deposit ...

Ignition Wealth appoints investment committee chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
Independent automated investment adviser Ignition Wealth has appointed an industry veteran to chair its investment committee. Henry Capra has held senior executive roles at a range of top tier global financial institutions including J.P. Morgan, Blackrock ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasury has announced an inaugural chief executive role at the Board of Taxation that will lead the work of the secretariat as well as all communication with industry stakeholders. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser, announced on Friday ...

Rubik upgrades profit guidance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Financial services software company Rubik Financial expects its first half result to be more than 20% up on previous guidance of $2 million in underlying EBITDA. The company made the announcement on the ASX ahead of the release of its half year accounts ...

New mobile broking platform launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Capital market technology firm, Dion Global, has launched its mobile trading platform in Australia. Through an adviser desktop, tablet and mobile platform, the trading suite integrates with portfolio and back office systems providing CRM "productivity ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Bond giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Kaplan Professional has launched seven online insurance courses. The courses are designed for both existing insurance professionals and those looking to enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance ...