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Future Generation to donate $6.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... charities despite reporting a large drop in revenue and profit. Future Generation will deliver a significant donation in October to charities with a focus on children at risk and youth mental health, chief executive Louise Walsh said. About $3.82 million ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... the NAB survey that showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 in January - the highest since October 2007 -- while confidence rose by 4 points to +10 - the highest since February 2014. Australian company gross operating profits ...

Countplus appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... chief executive. Matthew Rowe will take the reins at the ASX-listed wealth management group having been a director since October last year. He is also chair and trustee of the Future2 Foundation and a former consultant and managing director at Hood Sweeney ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... confidence was flat - January's result showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 - the highest since October 2007 -- while confidence rose by 4 points to +10 - the highest since February 2014. The details of the survey showed ...

Bligh appointed ABA chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... anything other than make recommendations which the Government of the day is not bound to implement," Munchenberg said in an October 2016 statement. "Of those who believe banks need to improve the way they operate, the majority want action now, not in ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... January's NAB business survey showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 - the highest since October 2007 -- while confidence rose by 4 points to +10 - the highest since February 2014. The details of the survey showed that the ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... product proposition in 2017, and more fully integrating the products acquired through the Macquarie Life acquisition in October 2016.

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... back in 44 BC. It shouldn't be for the "ides" was just the fancy way Romans termed the 15th day of March, May, July and October and the 13th day of the other months of the year. Ides of March 2017 corresponds with the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... confidence was flat - January's result showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 - the highest since October 2007 -- while confidence rose by 4 points to +10 - the highest since February 2014. The details of the survey showed ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... period. Over the year, growth has accelerated from 1.5% in the September quarter to 2% in December. Adding together the October, November and December "nominal" retail sales figures and then computing for their quarterly change produces the same positive ...