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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australia retail sales Australian retail sales slightly missed market expectations for a 0.3% increase in April, growing by 0.2% over the month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Australia retail sales ABS data released yesterday gave meat to the RBA's statement after its 3 May Board meeting that, "In Australia, the available information suggests that the economy is continuing to rebalance following the mining investment boom" ...

Australian Unity expands healthcare property trust

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) acquired a majority share of a North Gosford medical centre for $13 million. The property is a 2,226 square metre, two-level medical centre featuring a cafe and a two-level basement carpark. HPT has ...

Macquarie Funds Group rebrands, increases FUM by $30 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... mandates across 14 strategies in six countries. Macquarie's other "annuity-style businesses" - Corporate and Asset Finance (CAF) and Banking and Financial Services (BFS) - also reported modest growth in key areas: lending and asset portfolio size grew ...

Folkestone enters joint venture to build commercial complex

Folkestone has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Wilmac Properties to develop the second stage of its Millers Junction Project at 330 Millers Road Altona North, Victoria. The joint venture (JV) will develop approximately 60 strata style office/warehouse ...

Macquarie Bank names managing director

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... before he was appointed CFO of the group in December 2011. Elsewhere, Ben Brazil, co-head of corporate and asset finance (CAF), will also join the executive committee from 1 July. Brazil joined in 1994 and is currently head of CAF lending.

ASIC slaps permanent ban on insurance claim manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
ASIC has permanently banned a Victorian insurance claims manager from providing financial services after an investigation found he fraudulently pocketed more than $1 million. Travers David Loy, of Heathmont in Victoria, was the national claims manager ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Waiting. Waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting, waiting. Don't' you just hate it? Over the past month or so, this seems to be all that financial markets have been doing - waiting for the result of the French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's ...

AFS launches mobile platform for advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Independent dealer group Australian Financial Services has launched a mobile platform designed to work on a B2B and B2C level. Working globally on smartphones and tablets, the two components of the platform are 'Mi AFS,' the B2B version to connect advisers ...

PIH planners vote yes to merger, future uncertain

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... next stage of the merger would involve Federal Court approval. A hearing has been scheduled for next Monday, and the issue of CAF shares to PIH shareholders will occur on Monday, 13 December. If the schemes of arrangements voted by shareholders are approved ...