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Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... despite the recent outbreak of the Delta variant in Australia's three biggest states - New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. "The economic recovery in Australia has been stronger than was earlier expected. The recent outbreaks of the virus are ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... in Greater Sydney continued to worsened, prompting the extension of the lockdown in the state by another four weeks. Queensland went into a three-day lockdown starting at 4pm on Saturday, after the state recorded six new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 ...

Homebuyer schemes speed up saving time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... saved an average of 5.05 years followed Victoria (4.99 years), ACT (4.53 years), WA (4.50 years), SA (4.42 years) and Queensland (4.20 year). "We know that saving for a deposit is one of single biggest challenges facing first homebuyers and those re-entering ...

QIC chief executive to retire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
QIC chief executive Damien Frawley has announced his intention to retire from the Queensland government owned investment management corporation. Frawley has led QIC for almost a decade. Prior to that, he was chief executive at BlackRock Australia and ...

JANA appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... fastest-growing client groups, comprising close to half of its clients by number. New JANA clients in the NFP space include Queensland-based TUH Health Fund and Foundation North, New Zealand's largest philanthropic trust.

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... to test brand names and brand values across the three funds now," Farrar said. "We want something that reflects the Queensland focus that we have, the community feel, the corporate feel." Recently, First State Super rebranded to Aware Super after merging ...

ME Bank acquisition receives green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The federal government has approved the Bank of Queensland's acquisition of ME Bank, which was formerly owned by industry superannuation funds. ME Bank will officially become part of the BOQ group. The two firms said they will continue to operate ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Bradley made the list for his distinguished service to public administration, to economic policy, and to the community of Queensland. Bradley is currently the chair of Queensland Treasury Corporation capital markets board and is a non-executive director ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... infrastructure, including road safety upgrades and local road infrastructure projects. These include the Bruce Highway in Queensland, the Great Western Highway in New South Wales and Midland Highway upgrades in Tasmania. Other actions announced by the ...

PYSP reunites $4.3bn of lost super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... year. By state, New South Wales has the highest unclaimed superannuation (over $3 billion), followed by Victoria and Queensland (about $2 billion each). Western Australian (just over $1 billion), South Australia ($798 million), Australian Capital Territory ...