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New sales chief for State Street platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
State Street fortified its APAC Currenex team with the appointment of a new Australian vice president, head of sales. Scott Johnson joins the Currenex team and will be responsible for delivering customised access to liquidity sources to corporates ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... resurgence since Trump's victory at the 8 November elections and continuing policy accommodation by the European Central Bank. The improvement in consumer confidence augurs well for domestic demand and by extension, overall economic growth. However ...

SQM backs active Indian equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... investment backing from multi-family office Keystone Private, former New South Wales premier Nick Greiner and ex-Macquarie Bank chief executive Allan Moss. Welcoming SQM's rating, India Avenue managing director Mugunthan Siva said: "We're passionate ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... inflation is really bottoming in the rest of the world, does that mean it has also done so in Australia? If so the Reserve Bank therefore has no reason to cut interest rates. "If the US dollar continues to strengthen does that mean the Australian dollar ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... Silverton Wind Farm upon completion. The lenders to Silverton Wind Farm are Westpac Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Societe Generale and DBS Bank. Adding to the $800 million ...

Product conflicts in retail banking: ABA report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
A report commissioned by the Australian Bankers' Association highlights potential conflicts in product sales commissions and product-based payments used for retail banking staff, echoing the concerns that led to the Future of Financial Advice reforms. ...

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 ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... consumer sentiment jumped in the month of May (8.5%) and August (2.0%) last year - the two months when the Australian central bank cut the official cash rate by 25 bps each.

Decimal secures funding from $72bn consortium

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
A $72 billion consortium of superannuation fund investors made a major investment in Decimal Software. The ASX-listed digital advice provider announced today that IFM Investors has taken a 6.5% stake in the company following a $2.29 million capital ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
The Commonwealth Bank was named Australia's most sustainable business in a list of global companies for the second year in a row. The G100 Sustainability Index also ranked CBA as the sixth most sustainable company in the world, as announced at the World ...