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Bank acquires WA Government loans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
The West Australian Government has sold off a billion dollar mortgage portfolio to a bank. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has acquired the $1.35 billion portfolio of standard residential loans from Keystart, a company wholly owned by the West Australian ...

Super SA appoints two board members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
The South Australian government has appointed two members to the Super SA board. Annette Hurley joins Super SA's board having been a federal senator for South Australia between 2005 and 2011. She was deputy leader of the South Australian Labor Party ...

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Capital Strategy Research, the group's global macroeconomic team. Most recently Thawley was secretary of the Australian government's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) from 2014 until January 2016. Prior to this he held a number of roles ...

ANZ names chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... financial markets research at ANZ and has held senior economic research roles at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and the Australian government. ANZ managing director markets Shayne Collins said: "Richard's vast economics experience in financial markets both here ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Inflation crashes to 1pct The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter 2016, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. This follows a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter 2016. Annual inflation is now just 1.0% ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

AUSTRAC improves indigenous super access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Scheerlinck said the guidance was developed in consultation with the financial services sector and other Australian government agencies.

CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... board directors are responsible for all aspects of management of the schemes which serve present and future Australian government employees, as well as members of the Australian Defence Force and their families.

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... unchanged until some of these uncertainties become more certain. Next month, when the composition of the Australian government is known or a little bit longer when Brexit dies down. Or until November, when Americans vote for their own leader? With the ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... said. "However this is changing - recent innovations, such as XTBs, fixed income ETFs and exchange-traded Australian government bonds, are making it much easier for retail investors to access fixed income, on ASX." He added fixed income should form a ...