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The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Rising momentum in the Eurozone economy have triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
If the latest indications from the Fed's Beige Book are any guide, the US central bank remains on track with its projected two more interest rate hikes this year (after the first rate hike for 2017 announced last month). The latest report also gives ...

Banks must overhaul product-based incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... remuneration and products sold to retail and small business customers. The report highlighted the importance of rewarding retail bank staff, in particular mortgage brokers and sellers, to no longer receive incentives based directly or solely on sales ...

New CFO for Charter Hall

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
ASX-listed property investment group Charter Hall has appointed its new chief financial officer. Russell Proutt has more than 25 years of finance experience, including 11 years at Brookfield Asset Management - a Canadian listed diversified real asset ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... property market bubble before it burst and create financial instability. The latest house price stats show that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) efforts to slow property lending through higher interest rates and subsequent restrictions by local authorities ...

Open data carries privacy risk: ABA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... necessarily deliver positive outcomes for consumers. She used the need for regulation around payday lenders that ask for access to bank accounts as an example. "What we don't worry about is that those payday lenders are then using that data to re-market ...

Australian Ethical Super leads new green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... than $4.1 billion and includes some of Australia's leading office buildings, including 420 George Street, Sydney, Deutsche Bank Place at 126 Phillip Street, Sydney and 567 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many Gen Xers who worry about never ...

Stone and Chalk lends voice to start-ups by women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... through the ranks from junior associate to now running an entire division for the Asia-Pacific region of a major investment bank, she said. Panelist Katherine McConnell, founder and chief executive of Brighte, said that she's an accidental techpreneur. ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... comprising 80% institutional investors (which includes First State Super and Hastings) and a 20% stake held by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's pension fund (also managed by Hastings). About $1 billion of the proceeds will upgrade Parramatta and ANZ ...