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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... help lift business confidence as we had hoped, even as sales activity continues to improve." This was how National Australia Bank's (NAB) chief economist, Alan Oster interpreted the bank's latest update on Australian business confidence. The NAB business ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... imperative rather than just as part of corporate social responsibility or fairness in the workplace." National Australia Bank group executive enterprise services and transformation, Renee Roberts, said: "It's not just about gender anymore; it's about ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... our board. "Her exemplary legal and governance skills, together with her international experience, will greatly benefit the bank's board and will support the group's vision and strategic initiatives. "We are very much looking forward to her joining our ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Listed robo-advice provider Decimal Software has appointed a new chair. Mark Potts is currently chief technology officer, corporate strategy at Hewlett-Packard. He has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software ...

FinTech Australia appoints CEO from Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Fintech association FinTech Australia has appointed a new chief executive. Danielle Szetho joins FinTech Australia from FairFax Media, where she was banking and finance industry head. She held multiple other roles at Fairfax, including head of data ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... 3.4% in the previous month - indicates very little pressure on consumer prices going forward and threatening the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) 3.0% inflation target for this year. Japan producer prices As in China, producer prices in Japan remain in ...

Advisers must adapt to millennial habits

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
As the largest global demographic group and number one source of global income advisers must adapt their practices to meet the growing demands of millennials, according to Rocky Scopelliti, global industry executive - banking, finance and insurance ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... products, said that sales of safes in the last week were two-and-a-half times higher than in the same period a year earlier. The Bank of Japan has for months imposed negative rates for holding bank deposits in an attempt to push lenders to deploy their ...

La Trobe Financial prices $250m RMBS Issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its third issue of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS). The issue, which includes several tranches of the investment grade debt, totals $250 million. "We are very pleased with the support for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... there's not much difference when the inflation rate numbers are rounded up, the fact remains that they are twice the central bank's official inflation target of 4.5%. The Brazilian central bank has kept the target SELIC rate unchanged at 14.25% since ...