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Capgemini appoints new Australian head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... telecommunications media and entertainment. The appointment comes at a time when the digital consulting firm sees APAC as its fastest growing area and a "top priority" for the group, according to Capgemini executive chairman Asia Pacific and Middle East ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... depreciation in 2017. Consumer price inflation accelerated to 25.6% in the year to March from 25.4% in the previous month and the fastest since the 27.5% rate recorded in April 2017. This is so far above the BCRA's 15% target. Ahh, the times have quickly ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... price index increased by 1.9% in the year to March, a significant increase from the previous month's 1.6% gain and is the fastest inflation rate since February 2017. This measure had been consistently moving on up since it bottomed at 1.3% in August ...

Alternative finance the option for millennials

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... under. And Queensland is leading the charge, he said. Cutter added that lending to consumers makes up the largest and fastest growing part of the alternative finance segment. In the commercial sector nearly all lending is to small-to-medium enterprises ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... medical treatments for mental health conditions must be overhauled. The health care system has to keep up with one of the fastest growing issues confronting many Australians and change is long overdue, he said. "There is currently a gap in the health ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... More so given that other price measures have moved higher. US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March - the fastest rate since April last year - from 3.4% in the previous month. Inflation at the producer level is also accelerating. The producer ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... its best level since May 2017; and, February retail sales grew by 1.5% year-on-year, unchanged from January but also the fastest since August year. The same goes for businesses with the CBI business optimism index jumping to a reading of +13 in the March ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... three times the 0.2% pick-up reported in the previous month and double market expectations for a 0.3% increase and is the fastest since the 1.3% recorded in November last year. A fantastic set of numbers, don't you think. Then again, just as November ...

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... net new membership. Reinforcing the growing dominance of not-for-profit super funds, they accounted for seven of the 10 fastest growing super funds by net membership growth. Retail funds accounted for the remaining three. However, measured by percentage ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... mitigates risk," Hambly said. Natixis APAC head Fabrice Chemouny has previously said the region is expected to among the fastest growing market for asset management in the coming years. Last month, it appointed a new Sydney-based director of insto sales ...