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Asteron appoints head of dealerships

Asteron has announced the appointment of former ANZ NSW/ACT state financial planning manager David Carter to the role of head of dealerships in corporate and distribution. Beginning the role on 3 April, Carter's appointment follows an extensive search ...

Daily economic update

A stronger than expected increase in employment provided some good news to the Australian economy which had been fluxed with disappointing activity data over the past few weeks. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the economy added ...

ANZ appoints former Westpac insurance boss

ANZ is beefing up its insurance arm after appointing former Westpac general insurance boss to the bank's newly-created role of general manager in insurance. Rick Howe will officially join ANZ on March 14. Previously, he was the chief manager in distributed ...

Exec option hedging may remove incentive

The emerging practice of executives hedging the equity option component of their remuneration may remove their performance incentive, an Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) conference heard. Amongst other things, investors were warned be skeptical ...

Daily Economic Update

... increases in retail spending with South Australia posting the biggest gain (up 1.6 per cent) closely followed by Tasmania and the ACT (both up 1.4 per cent). The uptrend in retail sales, if sustained, should underpin the country's economic growth going ...

Weekly economic round-up

Last week's Australian data releases continued to paint a picture of a domestic economy that is growing moderately with little pressure on inflation and, therefore, no impetus for the official cash rate to move one way or the other. The Australian Bureau ...

Rollovers can be processed rapidly and securely: RecruitmentSuper

With talk reverberating in some circles about the long lead times for funds to enact roll-overs or to act on member's requests, RecruitmentSuper is trumpeting its rapid response times. RecruitmentSuper has issued performance figures which show its response ...

Unclaimed super a cash cow for ERFs

Superannuation accounts left stagnant for years are proving a cash cow for the eligible rollover funds (ERFs) that are inheriting them and the trustees transferring the funds. New research by rating agencies, The Heron Partnership and SuperRatings ...

Credit Suisse CEO departs

Credit Suisse Asset Management's chief executive officer Andrew McKinnon is calling it a day after more than a decade at the helm. McKinnon, who has transformed the group's asset management business from a $1.9 billion operation back in 1995 to the ...

Agribusiness commissions "too high"

The Australian Agribusiness Group (AAG) has called on the industry to reduce commissions charged for agribusiness projects, which can sometimes be as high as 15 per cent. "Today, commissions of 10 per cent to 15 per cent plus rebates for marketing activities ...