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First Sentier adds director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
First Sentier Investors has added a staffer to its direct infrastructure team who will oversee water, wastewater and energy transition. Karine Rouge joined in May as a director based in New York. She reports to John Ma, the head of direct infrastructure ...

Macquarie posts $3bn profit, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
Macquarie Group recorded a 106% increase in statutory profit to $3 billion from the first half of the year in its full-year results and named the chief executive of Macquarie Asia. The ASX-listed group's profit was a 10% increase on FY20 and 68% ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The government has announced a $1.2 billion investment to support the digital transformation of the economy and measures to encourage business investment in technology, ahead of the federal budget. The digital economy strategy includes $111.3 million ...

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... stake in NULIS Nominees, the trustee for MLC Super. On 31 August 2020, IOOF entered into an agreement with National Australia Bank to acquire the MLC wealth management business, which includes NULIS. Under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act ...

AMP advice transformation leads exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... AMP's advice business as part of the group's three-year strategy." Hopkins spent nearly nine years at the Commonwealth Bank. Her most recent role there was directing its future advice model and spent a year prior to that overseeing the Supervision ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Charitable Foundation ClearBridge Investments - WaterAid Zurich - Goals for Good LUCRF - The LUCRF Super Community Program Bendigo Bank - Bushfire Community Recovery Grants Program CREATIVE AGENCY OF THE YEAR Radar Sydney Ascender Design Leo Burnett ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. This is according to Rural Bank's annual Australian Farmland Values 2021. Over the last 20 years, farmland value has compounded at 7.6% annually. And ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
As expected, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy board decided to keep current settings unchanged at its April meeting. Ever the optimist, the BOJ summarised its view in its "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2021)" report, saying ...

ANZ profits up 45%, dividends double

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
ANZ posted statutory profit after tax in the first half to $2.9 billion, up 45% from 2H20. The bank announced a dividend of 70 cents per share, double of the previous half's dividend. ANZ said key drivers for the increase in its profits were net credit ...