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Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

Perpetual growing high net worth segment

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Perpetual's financial advisory arm for high net worth individuals, Perpetual Private, helped boost the company's profit in the six months to December. Perpetual Private posted profit before tax of $18.7 million, up 9% on the previous corresponding period. ...

YTML goes for growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
Technology and advice provider YTML Group is responding to growing demand with three senior hires, including veteran BT Financial Group manager. Former BTFG head of key accounts Damian Murphy is joining YTML as principal consultant after 20 years with ...

Rothschild snaps up former Goldman Sachs exec

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
In an expansion of its equity capital markets advisory business, a former Goldman Sachs executive will join Rothschild Global Advisory. Previously head of equities for Goldman Sachs' Australian and New Zealand business, David Acton has been appointed ...

AirTree hires former Accel vice president

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Venture capital firm AirTree lured former Accel Partners vice-president James Cameron to Australia to hunt for startup opportunities. Sydney born Cameron will relocate home in February after four years with the Silicon Valley giant, overseeing several ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Don't worry, be happy. Preliminary estimates show that the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -4.9 in January from -5.1 in the previous month. While ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The latest activity and inflation figures out of the US fit in nicely with Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Talking about "The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them", Yellen all but confirmed ...

Wealth management firm enters retail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
A leading diversified financial services firm will open the doors to its first retail branch today. Signalling the commencement of an ambitious, nationwide expansion strategy, Spring FG has established the branch to operate as a company shop front and ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...

Federal Court dismisses ASIC allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Federal Court dismissed ASIC's allegations in regards to a breach of directorial duties at an investment management company which collapsed in 2013. ASIC originally said that Peter Charles Drake, Francene Maree Mulder and Eghard van der Hoven, directors ...