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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Australia leading indicator The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was unchanged in November following increases of 0.1% in September and October. The latest result slowed the six-month annualised growth rate in the index ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The Federal Government has unexpectedly terminated its sale of ASIC's registry. In a statement, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said that following a thorough evaluation of various private sector bids for the register, the process was cancelled. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Legg Mason creates national role in Sydney expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Tying in with its Sydney expansion, Legg Mason created the new role of national key account manager. The new position, which has yet to be filled, will report to head of sales Beau Titchkosky. Whoever takes the role will oversee Legg Mason's Sydney ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... addressing their critical insurance needs." Based on Centrepoint managing director John de Zwart's ASX statement, the review and sale were undertaken so as to streamline the business and position it directly in the financial advice market. He said: "Centrepoint ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

Queensland bank sells planning business

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... customer-owned banking sector and knowledge of this sector's principles "was very important to Heritage when considering the sale." It allows Heritage to focus on the growth of their core business while Bridges delivers the ongoing provision of quality ...

Bendigo sells estates business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... of the Bendigo region and their local organisations and community groups." Bendigo managing director Mike Hirst said the sale came about because it was "timely to look strategically at how this business currently supports our vision to be Australia's ...

Contango hires senior analyst from Wilsons

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
An institutional adviser at Wilson HTM will join Contango Asset Management in January. Adam Dellaway spent 16 years at Wilsons, advising on both institutional and retail businesses across trade execution, sales trading and research. At Contango he will ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
At long last - after 12 long months of toing and froing speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed ...