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Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... lopping A$53 billion off the Australian equity market on the same day the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held its August board meeting. As expected, the RBA kept interest rates on hold at 1% following its back-to-back 25 bps interest rate cuts in June ...

Spaceship co-founder to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... executive and Bennetts' departure leaves two key roles open. Daniel Petre is currently serving as the acting chair but the board will go through a process to appoint a permanent chair. "As a newly-appointed chief executive, I will look to build out ...

HSBC chief abruptly resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The global chief executive of HSBC has stepped down after mutually agreeing with the board that change was necessary for the bank to move forward in an increasingly challenging environment. John Flint exited HSBC Holdings plc on August 5 as its group ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... head of fixed income Craig Vardy added the move demonstrated BlackRock's increased focus on sustainability "across the board, from investment processes to investment solutions". "Sustainable investing is no longer a niche area and has been brought ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... philanthropic foundation of the Financial Planning Association of Australia appointed an additional three directors to its board. Future2 is welcoming the appointments of former FPA chair Julie Berry, acting Commonwealth Bank executive general manager ...

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... the heels of listing on the ASX, the Sydney-based hedge fund is readying a new Asia-focused equities LIC with Crestone on board as a lead joint manager. The listed investment company, to be called VGI Partners Asian Investments (ASX: VG8), is expecting ...

Document leak puts NAB under the pump

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... accountability and governance." "NAB's program of reform includes 26 actions, which are all well underway. Executive and Board customer committees are now examining issues such as complaint handling processes and proactive identification of product ...

Imminent launch for start-up super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... BT Financial Group and Bravura Solutions executive, helped set up Tomorrow Super in March 2016. A newly formed advisory board recently joined Hall to help launch the fund in terms of building the technology and capital raising. The board, comprising ...

TPB welcomes independent review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) welcomed the release of a discussion paper in the review of the TPB and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. The new discussion paper outlines the views of Keith James, who is heading up the independent review into the ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... the business has implemented gender targets for its leadership group, effective July 1. It has a 50-50 gender split on its board. The ratio of women in its global leadership group has gone up from 8% to 36% in the last 12 months, he said. IFM Investors ...