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IFM Investors to open new Europe office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
The $120 billion fund manager is gearing up to open a new European office in the next six months, no matter which way the Brexit deal goes. IFM Investors already has offices in the UK, Berlin and Switzerland. Chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial ...

HESTA appoints new director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... Board in March." Borowick began his career as an electrician in the building and construction industry, before becoming a union officer and rising to the role of assistant secretary.

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger likely

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... couple of months." Sewing called for employees to focus on their "daily business" and on clients amidst the reports. A German union, Verdi, responded, saying it estimates 10,000 jobs could be at risk. Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are the two largest ...

Unions have right to express views: Combet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... to articulate what they believe are important public policy questions," Combet said. Law has protections However, once a union official becomes a trustee, they are bound by the law and their sole purpose obligation to the benefit of members, he said. ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The UK has green flagged a new type of pension scheme on the back of union demand, joining Denmark and Netherlands which use a similar system. The new collective defined contribution (CDC) will allow employers to pool together group contributions while ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... beyond the politics of Brexit, Brexiteers can argue that despite expectations of the UK's divorce from the European Union, Britain's economy continues to do A-OK. Sure, UK GDP growth has slowed but which G7 economy hasn't over the past year? ...

Cbus director wins trustee award

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Noonan has been a director since November 2006 and began his career in the construction industry as a labourer and managed union sites in Melbourne. He is currently national secretary of the CFMEU for the construction and general division. Cbus chief ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... to depend significantly on the nature of EU withdrawal, in particular: the new trading arrangements between the European Union and the United Kingdom; whether the transition to them is abrupt or smooth; and how households, businesses and financial markets ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... that any deal will not fix the trade deficit that Mr Trump worries about." US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address this week pegged reducing the chronic trade deficit as one of the key points for negotiating a new trade deal with China. ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Managers' head of Framlington Equities Asia, Mark Tinker, told delegates at the forum in Sydney that Britain and the European Union don't need a trade deal to trade. According to Tinker, in the last two years Britain has been preoccupied by the ...