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VicSuper appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
VicSuper named a member director as its new chair. Christine Stewart, a member director on the VicSuper board for seven years, has succeeded Bruce Hartnett as chair following his retirement on 31 December. The $17 billion fund also appointed employer ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Bah, humbug! This appears to be the message from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on retail spending. The report showed that domestic retail sales fell by 0.1% in the month of December following a small 0.1% gain in the previous ...

New information chief for IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
IOOF is set to welcome a past Aviva Australia executive as its new chief information officer. Former Aviva chief information officer Sharam Hekmat joins IOOF from Ezidebit where he served in the role of chief technology officer. Hekmat has over 25 years' ...

MLC shakes up retail leadership team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance boosted its retail advised business with multiple key appointments. The new retail advised insurance leadership team comprises Russell Hannah as general manager, retail advised insurance sales; Adrienne Cochrane, who joined from AMP ...

2017 set for private equity buyout record

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
It is early days but 2017 is set to become a record year for private equity-backed buyout deals, according to Preqin research. The research found that in 2016 there were 3985 deals recorded, representing a total value of US$319 billion. Preqin said ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
So this is Christmas and what have you done (John Lennon)? No, it wasn't me, it was Donald! Thanks to the good tidings Santa Trump delivered (or talked of delivering) - infrastructure building and rebuilding, deregulation, tax reform. Ones that are ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is working through its worst system outage in recent history, potentially delaying Australians from consolidating or transferring their superannuation before Christmas. The outage began on Monday 12 December, and as of ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
The current structure of global capital markets is taken as a given by many regulators, who in turn aren't exerting enough influence on corporate environmental, social and governance policies, according to a new Principles for Responsible Investment ...