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Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... third (up 21.2%), while NSW (21%), the Northern Territory (20.5%) recorded similar economic outputs. The ACT (20.1%), Queensland (18.9%) and South Australia (15.3%) came in at the other end of the spectrum. Retail spending in Tasmania was up 14.8% above ...

Financial services jobs show signs of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... the highest fall in contingent job vacancies of 33.8%. "With such a strong focus on tourism, one might have expected Queensland's falls to have been above the national norm. But this has not been the case," Parker said. "This may be because of the time ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators executed search warrants at 10 locations across Sydney, nine in south-east Queensland and two in the ACT in a "coordinated strike" against a transnational and serious organised criminal syndicate. It is alleged ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... prompting NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to issue restrictions on pubs and clubs. It has also prompted the state of Queensland to shut its borders to 77 Sydney suburbs and South Australia to defer its 20 July planned border opening with NSW and the ACT. ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... infections there has forced the state government to announce new restrictions on pubs and clubs. It has also prompted Queensland to shut its borders to 77 Sydney suburbs and South Australia to defer its 20 July planned border opening with NSW and the ...

QIC appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
The Queensland-headquartered asset manager has appointed a general manager for capital solutions, and an investment director in its state investments team. Katrina King moved into the role of general manager, capital solutions, reporting to QIC's ...

Australian Ethical divests Mercer parent company

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical has pulled the plug on a $5 million shareholding in Marsh & McLennan, pointing to the provision of insurance services to a mining conglomerate as grounds for the divestment. The investment in Marsh & McLennan was held in the firm's ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is experiencing the biggest contraction since the 1930s... Conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected... There has also ...

Pengana sales manager departs for Sunshine State

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... for private banking and wealth has left the firm after more than five years, setting his eyes on a new life in sunny Queensland. Alex Keen joined Pengana in June 2015 as a regional distribution manager for New South Wales and the ACT, and was appointed ...

Sequoia acquires advice firm

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... InterPrac adviser's portfolio over the last three years, with Sequoia now looking for similar opportunities in NSW and Queensland where former advisers at banks are looking for employment prospects rather than going out on their own. Sequoia said advisory ...