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Xero CFO takes on new role in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
A senior manager at cloud-based accounting software company Xero will now have a combined role as part of organisational changes mentioned back in October. At the time, Xero's board said that management changes would allow chief financial officer Sankar ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
So this is Christmas and what have you done (John Lennon)? No, it wasn't me, it was Donald! Thanks to the good tidings Santa Trump delivered (or talked of delivering) - infrastructure building and rebuilding, deregulation, tax reform. Ones that are ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Australia leading indicator The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was unchanged in November following increases of 0.1% in September and October. The latest result slowed the six-month annualised growth rate in the index ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Ahead of the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur says he is certain the US election changed the financial market's consensus narrative. "Before 8 November, the storyline was ultra-low interest rates ...

Leadership shuffle at State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
State Super recently introduced its new executive lineup, promoting several senior staff internally. Joining the fund in August 2015 as head of unlisted assets and alternatives, Richard Hedley becomes chief investment officer. With more than 20 years' ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Australia GDP Economists expected Australia's economic growth to halve to 0.3% in the September quarter from 0.6% in the three-months ended June. That turned out to be highly optimistic. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) latest ...

Super funds must do better digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds need to do more digitally in order to attract and retain members, according to Decimal chief executive Nic Pollock. Pollock said the key challenge in the industry at present is the issue of member retention; with an increasing number ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...